ICE Presence Disrupts DC School Drop-Off As DHS Eyes Naval Station Great Lakes For Chicago Immigration Sweeps

Washingtonian’s roundup reports ICE agents joined DC police during a Mount Pleasant operation as children walked to school, prompting parent confrontations and community backlash. It also cites DHS/ICE efforts to use Naval Station Great Lakes near Chicago as a staging site for urban immigration enforcement, alongside National Guard deployments in DC. Together these developments point to a coordinated federal escalation that blends immigration enforcement with broader public-safety operations. Local leaders in DC and Illinois have raised legal and civil-liberties concerns.