Article 6TV7F Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’

Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’

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Edward Helmore
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Ice confirms enhanced targeted operations' in a city on edge after Trump officials warned of enforcement actions

US federal authorities have begun immigration raids in Chicago, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) statement confirmed on Sunday, just days after incoming border czar" Tom Homan said officials were reconsidering" after details leaked into the press.

In a statement, Ice said its agents, along with the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the US Marshals Service, had begun conducting enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago to enforce US immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities".

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