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

CHICAGO — 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 in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

The Department of Justice says a top Trump administration official is in Chicago this weekend to “personally observe” immigration enforcement actions by multiple agencies.

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

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

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.

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,

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.