Federal immigration officers will target more than 300 people in the Chicago area with histories of violent crimes after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, an official said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning a major enforcement operation that will target immigrants for several days following the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, according to a document reviewed by NBC News and a person familiar with the planning.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump's “border czar” Tom Homan told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday.

President-elect Donald Trump's border czar said the incoming administration is now "reviewing" whether to launch removal operations in Chicago.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans a large-scale operation targeting immigrants in the country. Arrests are set to intensify after Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to NBC News, CBS News,

The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.

Local leaders and immigrant rights groups in Chicago met Saturday morning in the Pilsen neighborhood to make sure the community is prepared.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin their immigration raids from Chicago which is one of hundreds of sanctuaries for immigrants from Tuesday.

As part of President-elect Donald Trump's strategy to secure the border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement were expected to carry out post-inauguration raids as early as Tuesday, sources briefed on the plans told ABC News Saturday morning.

Prospects of a raid in Chicago come just a few weeks after Trump's border czar Tom Homan visited the city and threatened to prosecute the mayor if he did not cooperate.