ICE to ramp up deportations in 3 cities
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Trump administration's nationwide ICE raidsPresident Trump says ICE will ramp up arrests and deportations in major cities. We're talking like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
Donald Trump is targeting big cities like Chicago, led by Mayor Brandon Johnson, for the next phase of his mass-deportation agenda.
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According to the sources, the teams will be activated in Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, northern Virginia, including Washington, D.C., and New York.
There were concerns this Father's Day over potential deportations. Some Chicago families were on edge Sunday after receiving messages about their immigration cases. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.
The mayor's chief of staff said federal agents received notice to deploy to five Democrat-led cities, including Chicago — where recent actions have already drawn thousands to the streets in protest.
Several social justice groups have organized the demonstrations downtown. They're the latest in a string of protests in support of immigrant communities in the city.
Immigrant advocates rallied Sunday for an end to aggressive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Chicago and denounced the alleged cooperation of Chicago police in arrests made Wednesday.
The Chicago No Kings rally comes as protests have ramped up against ICE and the Trump administration this week locally and in Los Angeles, where the National Guard and Marines have been deployed against the wishes of local leaders.