Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has visited Chicago to personally observe the start of an immigration enforcement crackdown long promised by President Donald Trump's administration in the nat
Springfield Police Chief Ken Scarlette and Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Chicago Field Division, have announced the formation of the Springfield Firearms Task Force.
The House Oversight Committee chair sent a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson, calling on him to testify about sanctuary city policies.
A range of federal agencies conducted "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago Sunday "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety," a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
Officials say the various investigative techniques will target individuals who are actively involved in, or associated with, firearm-related violence in Springfield and surrounding counties.
During his first week in office, President Donald Trump signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security.
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.
NBC News was on the scene of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest Monday and spoke with the man at a Chicago processing center afterward.
The update comes hours after Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with the mayors of Boston, Denver and New York, were sent letters asking to testify before a Congressional committee on the city's "sanctuary city" policies.
A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.
The federal government is stepping up its recent immigration sweeps across the country with sanctuary cities like Chicago being heavily targeted. There have been reports of ICE sightings in Little Village.