Top Trump administration officials visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

Border czar’ says ICE wouldn’t need to enter communities if local law enforcement worked with the agency to target criminals.

The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.

Law enforcement expert pushes back against the now-former Biden administration's claim that violent crime was at a 50-year low, says the administration "manipulated" key data points.

In all, the settlements approved Wednesday account for nearly half of the city’s annual $82 million budget to cover the cost of police misconduct lawsuits.

Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school officials denied them entry. But it turned out they were US Secret Service agents pursuing an investigation.

Jan. 26 The administration said arrests could pick up quickly: The Washington Post reports ICE officials have been told to aim for 1,200 to 1,500 daily arrests, including at least 75 arrests by each of the agency’s roughly two dozen field offices.

U.S Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officially launched "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago on Sunday, following a week-long frenzy of reported sightings since President Trump’s inauguration.

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a range of federal agencies conducted "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago on Sunday "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety.

The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago on Sunday that includes several federal agencies who have been granted additional authorities to arrest undocumented immigrants in the United States,

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