Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Oct 07, 2025•5 min
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Summary
This episode of The Rundown covers the arrival of the Texas National Guard in Illinois for immigration operations, met with Governor Pritzker's resistance and accusations of ICE collaboration with a local business. It highlights a bitter Senate hearing dispute between Dick Durbin and Pam Bondi over the deployment's rationale. Additionally, the episode details increased Cook County traffic enforcement, the University of Illinois marching band's Macy's Parade selection, and Broadview's criminal investigations into aggressive ICE actions.Episode description
Texas National Guard members arrived early today at a federal military training site south of Joliet. Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Attorney General Pam Bondi tangled bitterly over the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment to Illinois. More than 70 drivers in Cook County have been ticketed in the past week for driving on the shoulder.
Plus, officials in Broadview have opened three criminal investigations into ICE activity. The western suburb has seen aggressive federal response to protests outside an immigration detention facility.
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