Now that portions of Lake County are under siege by federal henchmen, some are wondering when the withdrawal will occur. If ever.

Are agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, who have been scouring the county for undocumented residents these past weeks, here indefinitely? That’s what U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hinted last week.

She indicated the agency will expand the number of ICE and Border Patrol agents throughout the region. To do that, she said, President Donald Trump has approved buying additional buildings across the Chicago area for ICE use.

Currently, the government operates an ICE holding facility in west suburban Broadview which has been the site of protests from those opposed to rounding up the usual suspects. Noem, t

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