ICE launches raids in Boston, Chicago braces for Trump crackdown: Unbiased Updates, Sept. 8, 2025
The White House announces Patriot 2.0, a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation targeting undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts. However, Boston’s mayor and the state’s governor have already pushed back.
Plus, President Donald Trump’s fiery post about Chicago sparked outrage over the weekend, with images of helicopters and flames superimposed over the skyline. He insists it’s not about “war,” but residents don’t feel convinced.
Also, the Vatican canonized Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old known as God’s Influencer.
These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.
ICE launches “Patriot 2.0” crackdown in Boston
The Trump administration is intensifying its immigration enforcement efforts, with a new focus on Boston.
The Department of Homeland Security said the new operation, code-named “Patriot 2.0,” will target what it calls the “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens” living in Massachusetts.
The administration has blamed Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu, accusing her sanctuary policies of “harboring criminals” and putting them above law-abiding citizens.
The Justice Department has already sued Boston over its sanctuary policies, which restrict police collaboration with federal immigration authorities.
Wu said local police won’t be part of the raid and argued it won’t make communities safer.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey went even further, calling the crackdown “political theater”.
“I support, as attorney general and now as governor, everything we can do on public safety, but what we have seen from ICE and from the administration really isn’t about public safety. It’s about political theater. It’s about a political power grab and an attempt to intimidate,” Healey said.
Operation “Patriot 2.0” is a follow-up to May’s “Operation Patriot,” which led to nearly 1,500 arrests nationwide.
Trump says social post about Chicago is about ‘common sense,’ not war
President Donald Trump is walking back a social media post over the weekend that looked a lot like a threat to go to war with Chicago.
On Saturday, the president posted an image of the Chicago skyline with helicopters, flames and the words “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the department of war.”
Trump captioned the post “Chipocalypse now,” a play on the classic 1979 war movie “Apocalypse Now.”
The post came just a day after Trump signed an executive order rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War.
On Sunday, when reporters pressed him on whether he was threatening an American city, Trump called it fake news.
Trump said, “We’re not going to war. We’re going to clean up our cities. We’re gonna clean them up so they don’t kill five people every weekend. That’s not war. That’s common sense.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker fired back. He said the post is “not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn’t a strongman; he’s a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D, told CBS that the intention behind Trump’s post was obvious.
She said, “Let’s make it clear the president of the United States essentially declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior.”
Duckworth joined thousands of protesters who took to the streets of Chicago over the weekend, marching, chanting and demanding that Trump keep federal troops and ICE agents out of the city.
“He wants everyone to be afraid. He loves to see that people are afraid. That’s why he’s bullying the most vulnerable. But no, I think I’m not afraid. I’m not afraid,” said Chicago resident Mildred Idalia Ponce de Leon.
The administration has floated the possibility of deploying the National Guard to Chicago as part of a broader crackdown on crime and immigration.
DHS officials said ICE operations could begin as early as this week.
US, South Korea strike deal after Georgia ICE raid
New developments this morning after a massive immigration raid in Georgia. The U.S. and South Korea have struck a deal to release hundreds of detained workers.
Seoul said more than 300 South Korean nationals who were detained last week in a federal raid at Hyundai’s new electric vehicle plant will be put on a charter flight home once paperwork clears.
The Korean nationals made up the bulk of the 475 individuals swept up when federal agents stormed the under-construction site. The site is a $7.6 billion project slated to produce EV batteries and create thousands of jobs.
When asked about the raid, Trump said America still needs foreign expertise to help train workers in critical industries.
“It’s a battery factory, in that case, as I’m told. And, you know, when they’re building batteries, if you don’t have people in this country right now that know about batteries, maybe we should help them along and let some people come in and train our people to do, you know, complex things, whether it’s battery manufacturing or computer manufacturing or building chips. So we’re going to look at that whole situation,” Trump said.
South Korea’s foreign minister is heading to Washington on Monday for talks, including whether all detained workers could be sent back on a voluntary basis.
At least 5 dead in Jerusalem bus stop shooting
A gunman opened fire at a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing at least five people.
Israeli police said two attackers fired bullets into a crowd just after morning rush hour at one of the city’s busiest intersections.
According to CNN, a security officer and a civilian returned fire, killing both gunmen instantly.
At least a dozen others were injured, with several in serious condition.
No group has claimed responsibility, but Hamas issued a statement calling the shooting a “natural response” to Israeli actions.
The attack occurred just hours after Trump told reporters a Gaza peace deal was within reach.
“I think we’re going to have a deal on Gaza very soon. It’s a hell of a problem. Again, it’s a problem we want to solve for the Middle East, for Israel, for everybody. But it’s — it’s a problem we’re gonna get done,” Trump said.
Trump signals new sanctions as Russia launches deadliest air assault on Ukraine yet
Trump has also signaled he’s ready to escalate pressure on Russia, saying he’s prepared to move to a “second phase” of sanctions against the Kremlin.
It came just hours after Russia launched its biggest air assault since the war started — more than 800 drones and 13 missiles fired into Ukraine.
One drone crashed into a residential building in Kyiv, killing a mother and her baby. Another strike set the country’s main government building on fire for the first time in the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian President Vladimir Putin was testing the world. He has since urged the U.S. and Europe to follow through with tougher sanctions and more air defenses.
Trump, pressed by reporters, said he’s ready to deliver. However, he did not provide details on what those sanctions could look like or when they might be implemented.
‘God’s influencer’ becomes first millennial saint
A historic moment at the Vatican: the Catholic church declared its first millennial saint on Sunday. Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old from Italy otherwise known as “God’s influencer,” used his tech savvy to create a website documenting miracles around the world.
However, Acutis died of leukemia in 2006, but his legacy lives on.
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Thousands crowded St. Peter’s Square as Pope Leo led the canonization ceremony.
Acutis’ mother told CNN her son’s message was simple: use the internet for good.
She said he often donated his own pocket money to help the homeless in Milan.
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