Trump says Chicago crime plummeting despite ‘radical’ sanctuary resistance

President Donald Trump declared victory in Chicago after a weeks-long standoff with pro-sanctuary Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson over immigration enforcement operations within the metropolis.

In a Fact Social put up on Tuesday night, Trump wrote: “I am proud to announce that regardless of all the novel opposition and obstruction we’ve got from the mayor and the governor, Chicago, Illinois, has seen dramatic declines in automotive thefts, shootings, robberies, violent crimes and every little thing else.”

Trump stated that because the launch of immigration enforcement, dubbed “Operation Halfway Blitz” by the Division of Homeland Safety, “shootings are down 35%, robberies are down 41%, and automotive thefts are down practically 50%.”

He famous that these numbers “observe solely a small preliminary federal pressure, and never the complete ‘wave'” of federal sources.

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President Donald Trump beforehand known as for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for “failing to guard” ICE officers on Wednesday. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs; Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

“As we add extra belongings, these numbers will proceed to say no,” he added.

All this, Trump stated, “has been achieved regardless of the extraordinary resistance of the novel Democratic ‘management’ of Chicago and Illinois, and the continued violent left-wing terrorism towards ICE officers and federal brokers that rebel Democrats refuse to cease or prosecute, together with continued bodily assaults and tried assassinations.”

Launched on September 8, Operation Halfway Blitz has led federal regulation enforcement businesses from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol and others to flood the Chicago space, ensuing within the arrests of hundreds of unlawful aliens, together with violent criminals and gang members.

Nevertheless, the operation was concurrently met with fierce resistance from Pritzker, Johnson and the general public. There have been a number of situations of violent confrontations with members of the general public making an attempt to disrupt operations, together with folks blocking ICE automobiles, ramming federal officers and capturing at Border Patrol brokers.

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Law enforcement officials take safety measures with batons as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers conduct operations within the Little Village neighborhood, a predominantly Mexican American group, on November 8, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu through Getty Photographs)

The capturing occurred Saturday within the metropolis’s Little Village neighborhood as federal brokers have been conducting immigration enforcement operations. An unlawful immigrant with a felony historical past has since been arrested in reference to the capturing. The unidentified suspect, a Mexican nationwide, was in a Jeep that drove close to the officers and fired pictures earlier than driving away, federal sources advised Fox Information. When he was arrested, he was discovered with a firearm, sources stated.

“This incident shouldn’t be an remoted incident and displays a rising and harmful pattern of violence and obstruction,” stated a press release from the Division of Homeland Safety. “Over the previous two months, we’ve got seen a rise in assaults and obstruction concentrating on federal regulation enforcement throughout operations. These confrontations spotlight the risks our officers face each day and the escalating aggression towards regulation enforcement.”

Pritzker, in the meantime, continued to criticize the federal brokers who carried out the operations.

Commenting on a photograph of Border Patrol officers posing in entrance of Chicago’s well-known “Bean” sculpture, Pritzker stated, “It is disgusting to make enjoyable of our neighborhoods and communities.”

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Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on October 28. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photographs)

Pritzker stated U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino “and his masked brokers aren’t right here to make Chicago safer” and “whereas youngsters are being tear gassed and Americans are being detained, they’re posing for picture ops and producing actuality TV moments.”

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Johnson signed a mayoral order in October establishing “ICE-free zones” by banning the usage of metropolis parking tons and garages as staging areas, processing websites or bases of operations for civilian immigration enforcement.

Fox Information Digital reached out to Pritzker and Johnson for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.

Fox Information Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.