"'I love the smell of deportations in the morning,'" Trump wrote on his social media site. "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR."
The weekend post follows Trump's repeated threats to add Chicago to the list of other Democratic-led cities he's targeted for expanded federal enforcement, including Los Angeles and Washington — marking the latest flashpoint in a broader national struggle over how far the federal government can push local authorities to cooperate with its immigration agenda.
Details on the expected intervention have been sparse, including its focus and when exactly it's expected to begin, though Trump's border czar Tom Homan said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that federal law enforcement action will come to Chicago this week.