WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s border czar on Sunday defended raiding churches and schools as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, while six federal agencies launched a sweep aimed at “potentially dangerous criminal aliens” in Chicago.

Chicago school officials say they stopped federal law enforcement from entering elementary school - Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the incident ‘was not an ICE encounter’

Although no widespread immigration raids were reported here this week, the possibility — and reports that Chicago would be ground zero for enforcement — kept many of the region’s estimated 400,000

Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and Border Czar Tom Homan oversaw immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago on Sunday, as efforts got underway across the country.

Despite earlier reports that ICE agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school Friday, the agency says it wasn't them. So what exactly happened?

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,

The Trump administration ramps up immigration raids, arresting over 1,300 people nationwide, with plans to involve more federal agencies and military resources.

Newsweek contacted ICE for further comment via email outside normal office hours. In his first week since returning to office, Trump has followed through on his 2024 campaign promise to launch the "largest deportation program" in U.

The historic increase of homelessness reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2024 was largely the result of tens of thousands of immigrants arriving in a handful of states,

The knocks began before sunrise. Across Chicago, dozens of agents fanned out in the pre-dawn darkness. At one house in the Hermosa neighborhood, they pounded on the door, shouting, “Come here,” and “Please open the door.