Tough talk and threats of a lawsuit by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have not slowed preparations for an illegal immigrant roundup by the Trump administration in the Windy City.

According to an internal federal memo obtained by CBS News, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked the Department of Defense (DOD) to house roughly 250 federal agents and 140 vehicles at an Illinois military base in anticipation of of an expected increase in illegal alien arrests in the Chicago area.

CBS reported:

In a request for assistance to the Department of Defense, a top Homeland Security official indicated the Naval Station Great Lakes — the largest military base in Illinois and the Navy’s largest training station — would be used as a staging area to oversee “r

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