A law enforcement officer confronts a demonstrator, as another one is detained, during a standoff with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal officers in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Ill., October 4, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters)

Chicago residents have failed to do the one thing necessary to avoid National Guard deployment — let federal officers do their jobs.

Donald Trump wanted an excuse to send National Guard troops to Chicago, and now he’s got it.

The Windy City in recent days has done its best imitation of Los Angeles, where resistance to ICE operations created the justification for a Guard deployment a couple of months ago.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hate the notion of the National Guard in the streets of the city, but have failed to rally Chicago residents to do the one thing necessary to avoid the deployment — let federal officers do their jobs.

The word should have gone out long ago: Don’t ...

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