Minutes later, with federal immigration agents banging on the front door of her apartment in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood, she had an answer. Maria’s husband was one of an as-yet-unknown number of people taken into custody Sunday morning in what appeared to be the opening salvo in the long-promised — and much-feared — federal immigration blitz on Chicago.

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling reiterated that his department cannot assist ICE, but they can communicate with the federal law enforcement agency. Meanwhile, Mayor Brandon Johnson had strong words for the mass deportations for which so many voted.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released little information about the people who were detained or why they were sought. Nationwide, officials said 956 arrests were made Sunday.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said on Tuesday (January 28) that if U.S. President Donald Trump was serious about transforming the country's immigration system he would pass a law. "He's not doing that because he wants to stoke fear into people,

President Donald Trump's top homeland security official joined officers as they carried out an immigration arrest in New York City on Tuesday, the latest effort to promote Trump's nationwide crackdown as enforcement has intensified in recent days.