Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling spoke out Tuesday on immigration enforcement in the city.

Immigrant Solidarity DuPage wants community members to know it has their back. As the long-promised federal immigration blitz on Chicago seemed to get underway Sunday, the Wheaton-based nonprofit

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

In a statement posted to social media, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the effort alongside “federal partners.”

A top Department of Justice (DOJ) official and President Trump’s “border czar” were in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” according to officials. “The DEA, along with our

Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the mayor received a letter from Washington, D.C., stating, in summary, that Chicago and other “sanctuary cities” like it are being investigated by the U.

Despite the top cop’s attempt to reassure the tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and their relatives who live in Chicago, Trump administration officials have repeatedly vowed to deport everyone who is in the United States without authorization.

Chicago-based American Business Immigration Coalition warns of major economic consequences of mass deportations.

Targeted immigration enforcement operations by multiple agencies were launched in Chicago Sunday, with top Trump administration officials in the city to oversee it all. One of President Trump's many campaign slogans was,

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) said the fear is heightened that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will target schools, hospitals, and churches.

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling reiterated that his department cannot assist ICE, but they can communicate with the federal law enforcement agency. Meanwhile, Mayor Brandon Johnson had strong words for the mass deportations for which so many voted.