Mon
Mar 23 2026
04:20 pm
By: bizgrrl
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson confirmed a planned deployment of about 75 ICE personnel at O’Hare International Airport, saying the officers would monitor exit lanes, make passenger announcements and assist with managing lines.
Is that helpful?
The president has suggested the agents would be arresting undocumented immigrants at airports.
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"Those guys are really getting paid to do nothing,” said [a passenger]... “That is what this is all about. They are not finding … illegal people here.”
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