Preparing for an expected surge of federal immigration enforcement that could begin any day, Gov. JB Pritzker and other leaders on Thursday underscored their calls for peaceful protests amid President Donald Trump’s wavering threats to send military personnel to Chicago under the guise of combating violent crime.

A day after Trump suggested he instead might deploy the National Guard to New Orleans and Vice President JD Vance said there were “no immediate plans” to send military forces to Chicago, Pritzker, who has pushed back repeatedly on the president’s threats, said that while he’d “love to believe” troops aren’t headed to the city, he wouldn’t take the White House at its word.

“Part of their kind of nefarious plan is begin with (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents), c

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