US immigration authorities began making arrests in Chicago on Sunday that targeted undocumented residents living in the “sanctuary city”.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed on social media site X that its agents, along with several federal agencies including the FBI, had begun operations in the Midwestern city. Border tsar Tom Homan was in Chicago for the raid, as was acting deputy attorney-general Emil Bove.
The operation targeted about 270 “known criminals”, according to television personality Phil McGraw, who was accompanying ICE officials and agents at their command centre in Chicago and livestreaming events for his channel Merit TV.