Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched Operation Midway Blitz on Sept. 8, drawing concern from activists and immigrant communities fearful of the large-scale arrests or aggressive tactics used in other cities targeted by Republican President Donald Trump.

Advocates and family members of a man shot and killed by an ICE officer after he allegedly dragged the officer with his car had called for video to be released.

Videos circulating on social media showed ICE agents raiding neighborhoods and making arrests in West Chicago, Illinois, Monday morning.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) — Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Department specifically pitched jobs to Chicago cops when it ran a local advertisement during a Monday night NFL broadcast.

CHICAGO - Protests against ICE at a suburban facility turned heated on Friday with tear gas and multiple arrests; an assistant principal at a Berwyn middle school was among three people who were shot and killed near the campus on Wednesday;