Feds secure Naval Station Great Lakes for Chicago immigration blitz: sources
Base staff have been advised that the facility will be providing “support” in the form of office space for a command center and portable laundry units, one source told the Sun-Times. But federal agents will not be housed at the site.
By Violet Miller Aug 30, 2025, 9:40pm EDT
Great Lakes Naval Station will provide office space for a command center for federal forces being deployed in Chicago next week, a source told the Sun-Times.Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file
The Department of Defense has secured Naval Station Great Lakes for an immigration blitz in Chicago starting next week, two sources familiar with base operations confirmed to the Sun-Times on Saturday night.
Base staff were told the facility would be providing “support” in the form of office space for a command center as well as parking space and portable laundry units, one source told the Sun-Times. However, the agents won’t be staying at the base.
The initial plan detailed in an email obtained by the Sun-Times would bring federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the Navy’s largest training station and the largest military installation in the state near North Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/30/feds-secure-naval-station-great-lakes-for-chicago-immigration-blitz-homan-trump
