The figure offers an early gauge of what is shaping up as a major enforcement effort that comes after similar operations were launched in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a new operation this month, the focus appeared to be on traffic stops in largely immigrant and Latino neighborhoods and suburbs. This week, activists say arrests of day laborers are also on the rise, echoing what immigration agents have done elsewhere.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have arrested over 400 people in the Chicago area as part of an operation that began less than two weeks ago

Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump's strategy is to increase immigration enforcement, prompting protests that could then be used to justify a National Guard deployment.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) — Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.

DHS says it arrested more undocumented immigrants this week under Chicago's Operation Midway Blitz. Here's what we know.