WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s border czar on Sunday defended raiding churches and schools as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, while six federal agencies launched a sweep aimed at “potentially dangerous criminal aliens” in Chicago.

Trump border czar Tom Homan and TV personality Dr. Phil are in the city to observe the operations, according to reports.

After seeing White House border czar Tom Homan and acting deputy Attorney General Emil Bove present in Chicago, Cabello appreciates the “united front.” He asserts Homan and Bove prove the Trump administration “isn’t messing around” on its immigration promises.

Although no widespread immigration raids were reported here this week, the possibility — and reports that Chicago would be ground zero for enforcement — kept many of the region’s estimated 400,000

Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and Border Czar Tom Homan oversaw immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago on Sunday, as efforts got underway across the country.

Dr. Phil McGraw said on Sunday that he’s embedding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as they conduct what federal officials are calling “targeted operations” to enforce immigration law in Chicago.

Chicago school officials say they stopped federal law enforcement from entering elementary school - Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the incident ‘was not an ICE encounter’

Despite earlier reports that ICE agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school Friday, the agency says it wasn't them. So what exactly happened?

The Trump administration ramps up immigration raids, arresting over 1,300 people nationwide, with plans to involve more federal agencies and military resources.

Newsweek contacted ICE for further comment via email outside normal office hours. In his first week since returning to office, Trump has followed through on his 2024 campaign promise to launch the "largest deportation program" in U.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said more than 950 people were arrested in operations nationwide, just Sunday. ICE confirms that they have begun what they are calling targeted operations in Chicago. The sweeping effort felt in the city and the suburbs. Immigration and Custom Enforcement says 956 arrests were made nationwide.