A high Division of Justice official and President Trump’s “border czar” had been in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” in accordance with officers.
“The DEA, along with our @TheJusticeDept partners, is assisting @DHSgov and other federal law enforcement partners with their immigration enforcement efforts,” the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago Division stated in a put up on X Sunday.
Featured within the DEA’s Chicago Division put up had been photos of “border czar” Tom Homan and performing Deputy Lawyer Common Emil Bove. Bove and Homan, in accordance with textual content that accompanied one of many photographs, had been at “an operational pre-briefing in Chicago on Sunday.”
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the U.S. Marshals Service, began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated in an announcement on their web site Sunday.
Amid the 2024 presidential election, Trump made the difficulty of immigration central to his marketing campaign. Throughout his first day in workplace, he went ahead with a whirlwind of government orders on the topic, going forward with a number of actions set to intensely restrict immigration.
In Chicago on Sunday, TV host “Dr. Phil” McGraw was alongside Homan “live” on MERIT TV, a tv community he’s behind, in accordance with an e mail from Benefit Avenue Media to The Hill. The e-mail additionally stated Sunday morning “raids” had been captured by McGraw.
“We will support everyone at the federal, state, and local levels who joins this critical mission to take back our communities,” an announcement obtained by Nexstar affiliate WGN from Bove reads. “We will use all available tools to address obstruction and other unlawful impediments to our efforts to protect the homeland. Most importantly, we will not rest until the work is done.”
The Hill has reached out to the Division of Homeland Safety, the Division of Justice and ICE for remark.
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