The Trump administration is weighing plans to use a Navy base near Chicago to support migrant detention efforts in the Windy City as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) crackdown on illegal immigration.

DHS asked the Naval Station Great Lakes for “limited support in the form of facilities, infrastructure, and other logistical needs to support DHS operations,” the base’s spokesperson, Matt Mogle, told The Associated Press (AP)

Mogle said no decision has been made regarding the request and that the base, located about 35 miles north of Chicago, has not gotten a formal request to support the deployment of the National Guard.

The request to the base comes as Trump has greenlighted the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. as part of an effort to combat crim

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