Tom Homan, the former acting director of ICE and Trump’s pick to serve as his “border czar,” has vowed to initially focus efforts to deport undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes, but said undocumented immigrants who agents encounter will also be detained.

Targeted immigration enforcement operations by multiple agencies were launched in Chicago Sunday, with top Trump administration officials in the city to oversee it all. One of President Trump's many campaign slogans was,

The sheer number of federal agencies involved showed President Donald Trump’s willingness to use federal law enforcement beyond the Department of Homeland Security to carry out his long-promised

Immigration enforcement operations in Illinois are expected to continue Monday and through the week as top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general,

With two top Trump administration officials in Chicago, federal law enforcement began a “targeted” immigration blitz Sunday, according to a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency did not say how many arrests have taken place so far.

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

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.

In a statement posted to social media, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the effort alongside “federal partners.”

In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.

A top Department of Justice (DOJ) official and President Trump’s “border czar” were in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” according to officials. “The DEA, along with our

Top Trump administration officials visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the mayor received a letter from Washington, D.C., stating, in summary, that Chicago and other “sanctuary cities” like it are being investigated by the U.