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

Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement.

It was around 8 a.m. Sunday when a family friend called Maria to ask why her husband of nearly 10 years hadn’t shown up for work. Minutes later, with federal immigration agents banging on the front door of her apartment in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood,

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, appointed by President Donald Trump, will oversee the efforts of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshall Service, and federal prosecutors.

White House says migrant deportation flights with military aircraft have begun Four local community groups – Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Organized Communities Against Deportation, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Raise the Floor Alliance – are all behind the lawsuit.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with several other federal agencies, began what they called "enhanced targeted operations" on Sunday in Chicago.

Border Czar Tom Homan and the acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, appointed by President Trump, are in town personally overseeing the operations.