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    Homeland Security making plans to deploy 150 agents in Chicago this week, with scope of duty unknown

    by Gregory Pratt and Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune Jul 20, 2020 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is crafting plans to deploy about 150 federal agents to Chicago this week, the Chicago Tribune has learned, a move that would come amid growing controversy nationally about federal force being used in American cities.

    The Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, agents are set to assist other federal law enforcement and Chicago police in crime-fighting efforts, according to sources familiar with the matter, though a specific plan on what the agents will be doing had not been made public.

    One city official said the city was aware of the plan but not any specifics. The Chicago Police

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