Federal Government Launches Immigration Enforcement Operations in Chicago

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Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove visited Chicago on Jan. 26 to observe the operations.

Several federal agencies have launched immigration enforcement operations in Chicago this week following President Donald Trumpโ€™s promised crackdown on illegal immigration.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove visited Chicago on Jan. 26 to โ€œpersonally observe Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement operations.โ€ He was also present in the nationโ€™s third-largest city to support actions by several federal agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), according to U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Chad Gilmartin.

Details on the operations, including the number of arrests or locations, were not initially provided on Sunday.

However, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a statement on X regarding the Chicago operations.

โ€œ[ICE], along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP, and the U.S. Marshals Service, began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities,โ€ the agency stated.

Trump has long promised to ramp up deportations and arrests for illegal immigrants if reelected president. Since taking office last week, several activist groups have responded with โ€œknow your rightsโ€ information campaigns to educate individuals who may be affected by the policy changes. City officials have also published similar information throughout hundreds of public transit locations.

Chicago Public Schools officials issued statements on Friday after mistakenly believing that ICE agents had visited a city elementary school. The agents were, in fact, Secret Service members.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat and Trump critic, questioned the presidentโ€™s immigration policies during an interview with CNNโ€™s โ€œState of the Unionโ€ on Sunday.

โ€œWe need to get rid of the violent criminals,โ€ Pritzker said. โ€œBut we also need to protect people, at least the residents of Illinois and all across the nation, who are just doing what we hope that immigrants will do.โ€

Several groups sued ICE on Saturday, asking for an injunction to block certain immigration raids in Chicago.

Byย Jacob Burg

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