Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

ICE agents and their partners in federal and local law enforcement ramped up targeted raids over the weekend, seeking known "criminal aliens" accused of U.S. crimes.

Derek Maltz, a veteran of the Drug Enforcement Administration, is expected to help lead Trump's effort to fight fentanyl traffickers with terror laws.

In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production.

The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.

A top Department of Justice official and President Trump’s “border czar” were in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” according to officials. “The DEA, along with our

Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, a 43-year-old drug kingpin, was arrested in the United Kingdom after his wife, Estefania McDonald Rodriguez, inadvertently revealed their location through social media posts.

TOP Trump administration officials, including "border czar" Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation's third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

The standoff with Colombia comes as the Trump administration announced nearly 1,000 people were arrested on Sunday as federal agencies carried out immigration raids in Chicago and other cities. In Chicago,

Multiple federal agents assisting US immigration officials with raids directed by the Trump administration have been told to ensure their clothing clearly depicts their respective agency in case they are filmed by members of the media,