Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and Border Czar Tom Homan oversaw immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago on Sunday, as efforts got underway across the country.
The Department of Justice says a top Trump administration official is in Chicago this weekend to “personally observe” immigration enforcement actions by multiple agencies.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) announced Sunday that it has launched coordinated "targeted operations" in Chicago, in partnership with several federal agencies, to enforce immigration laws and "preserve public safety and national security."
Chicago residents, especially in immigrant circles, have been on edge for months in anticipation of large-scale arrests touted by the Trump administration.
A range of federal agencies conducted "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago Sunday "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety," a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, appointed by President Donald Trump, will oversee the efforts of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshall Service, and federal prosecutors.
Phil McGraw, the television host known as "Dr. Phil," embedded with ICE agents in Chicago to film raids as Trump ramps up deportations.
The Secret Service is continuing to release information after Chicago school officials responded to what they thought was an ICE action Friday.
The incident illustrates the climate of fear permeating the country as Trump readies ICE and other federal authorities to carry out his plan for mass deportations.
Despite earlier reports that ICE agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school Friday, the agency says it wasn't them. So what exactly happened?
The Trump administration authorized federal immigration authorities to target schools and churches, revoking a policy that barred arrests in "sensitive" areas, DHS said.
Top Trump administration officials visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city