Illinois leaders warn of ‘mayhem’ ahead of ICE operations in Chicago

(NewsNation) — Illinois lawmakers hoping to learn more about a looming large-scale federal operation targeting Chicago were denied access to Department of Homeland Security officials on Friday in what one senior U.S. Senator described as a “terrible act of political theater” by the Trump administration. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., along with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider, another Democrat, visited Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, hoping to learn more about the upcoming mission, which some local officials said could last up to six weeks, Durbin said at a news confernece. Durbin said that DHS officials...