Chicago, Boston should 'absolutely' expect immigration operations: Homan

(NewsNation) — Border czar Tom Homan said Chicago should "absolutely" expect a surge of immigration enforcement operations this week, adding that deploying National Guard troops to support the operations is "always connected the table."

“You tin expect enactment successful astir sanctuary cities crossed the country,” Homan said Sunday. “President Trump’s prioritized sanctuary cities due to the fact that sanctuary cities knowingly merchandise amerciable alien nationalist information threats to the streets each day. That’s wherever the occupation is.”

That aforesaid day, NewsNation cameras captured an Immigration and Customs Enforcement van returning to an ICE installation successful Broadview, Illinois, wherever astatine slightest six detainees were unloaded.

At slightest 1 antheral was detained successful the Archer Heights vicinity by national agents successful unmarked cars. Community activists accidental the ICE arrests of astatine slightest 3 radical were caught connected surveillance camera, including 1 antheral well-known successful the area.

"He's been a angiosperm vendor present for rather immoderate time. You spot him consistently, particularly connected the weekends. Very saccharine gentleman, ne'er causing problems with anyone. Very respectful," Chicago nonmigratory Celina Morin told NewsNation.

The arrests coincide with Mexican Independence Day celebrations successful the Windy City. About 21% of Chicago’s population is Mexican, according to the Census Bureau.

NewsNation has reached retired to ICE for much details astir the radical detained successful Chicago.

Protests erupt successful Chicago arsenic Trump renews Guard threat

The arrests came aft respective 1000 protesters gathered successful downtown Chicago, vocally opposing the White House's efforts to grow ICE operations and bring successful different national forces.

Protests besides erupted extracurricular the ICE processing halfway successful the bluish suburbs of Chicago, wherever undocumented immigrants tin beryllium temporarily detained.

The tiny assemblage was shouting astatine ICE officers, and officers pushed backmost — literally.

Trump posted connected societal media Saturday, saying the metropolis was astir to “find retired wherefore it’s called the Department of War,” adding helium loves “the odor of deportations successful the morning."

'Patriot 2.0' ICE enactment targets Boston

On the East Coast, national migration officers are carrying retired the Trump administration’s “Patriot 2.0" ICE action successful Boston, Massachusetts. ICE officials told the Boston Herald that much than 100 radical person been detained since the cognition kicked disconnected Thursday.

DHS said it is focused connected detaining convulsive criminals similar alleged enactment offenders, pedophiles, murderers, cause dealers and pack members.

“Look, I’ll accidental this, I’m a erstwhile prosecutor. I’m a erstwhile lawyer general. I’ve said many, galore times, including to the Trump administration, that I support, arsenic lawyer wide and present arsenic governor, everything we tin bash connected nationalist safety,” Healey said connected MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”

“But what we person seen from ICE and from the medication truly isn’t astir nationalist safety, it’s astir governmental theater. It’s astir a governmental powerfulness drawback and an effort to intimidate,” she added.

A akin migration enforcement ngo successful May resulted successful astir 1,500 arrests statewide.

NewsNation spouse The Hill contributed to this report.