Dr Phil joins Chicago immigration raid as border czar says more arrests coming
TV personality embeds in one of several raids in US cities in what Tom Homan says are only beginning stages'
The TV personality Dr Phil joined the US border czar, Tom Homan, in a choreographed immigration raid in Chicago, one of several conducted in US cities over the weekend in what Homan claimed was only the beginning stages" of Donald Trump's promised threat to deport millions of people from the country.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said it had made 956 arrests on Sunday, bringing the total since Trump took office to 2,681 arrests - short of the 1,200 to 1,500 daily arrests that Trump has reportedly demanded. The Washington Post reported that Trump's White House has issued a directive to Ice field offices that they should make 75 arrests daily and that agency managers would be held responsible for missed targets, raising fears of indiscriminate arrest tactics.
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