FILE PHOTO: Federal police vehicles belonging to the Department of Homeland Security sit parked next to the Federal Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 26, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago. REUTERS/ Jim Vondruska/File Photo
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters packed the streets near downtown Chicago on Monday, singing, chanting and waving signs protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to flood the city with National Guard troops and federal immigration agents.
The march was one of roughly 1,000 "Workers over Billionaires" protests across the country on the U.S. Labor Day holiday. But Chicago's demonstration had a decidedly more pointed tone asresidents bristled against Trump's promise to target Chicago next in a deployment similar to those under way in Los Angeles and Washington D.C., two other Democrat-run cities.
