Nearly all immigrants detained in Trump Chicago raid had no criminal conviction

Data sharply contradicts officials' portrayal of immigration sweeps as effort to fight worst of the worst' criminals

More than 97% of immigrants detained in the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago had no criminal conviction, according to federal court records.

The data, released on Friday and first reported by the Chicago Tribune, sharply contradicts the Trump administration's portrayal of the immigration sweeps as an effort to fight crime and, as Trump himself has described it, targeting the worst of the worst".