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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have arrested over 400 people in the Chicago area as part of an operation that began less than two weeks ago
Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump's strategy is to increase immigration enforcement, prompting protests that could then be used to justify a National Guard deployment.
As encounters with federal immigration agents around Chicago increase, tactics used by activists and immigrant leaders to fight back are also escalating
DHS says it arrested more undocumented immigrants this week under Chicago's Operation Midway Blitz. Here's what we know.
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Activists say immigration enforcement increased as Chicago waits for promised federal intervention
Activists in Chicago’s immigrant rights network say there’s been a noticeable uptick in immigration enforcement in recent days as the nation’s third-largest city awaits federal intervention repeatedly promised by President Donald Trump.
A well-known Chicago restaurant owner is in Washington to pushing for the Trump administration to slow deportation efforts.
Federal immigration enforcement agents made arrests in Chicago and the suburb of West Chicago on Monday, while others were spotted in west suburban Aurora, officials and state lawmakers said. Information on apprehensions and sightings from different sources has created for advocates and the public a “patchwork” understanding of the local scope of federal operations.
The Border Patrol agent who has broken norms leading an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles reached Chicago on Tuesday, potentially signaling a new, more aggressive phase to an enforcement surge announced last week in the nation’s third-largest city.