Dr. Phil McGraw participated in an ICE operation in Chicago, targeting 270 individuals deemed 'high-value targets.' The raid, part of a nationwide effort by ICE, saw nearly 1,000 arrests across the U.S. Dr. Phil's involvement and the focus on specific targets have sparked debate surrounding the nature and scope of the immigration crackdown.
President Donald Trump 's immigration crackdown continues across the U.S., with mass arrests made in a number of cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Newark, and Miami. Over the weekend, TV host and personality Dr. Phil McGraw joined an operation with U.S. Immigration Enforcement (ICE) officers in Chicago. Phil McGraw, known as 'Dr. Phil,' joined border czar Tom Homan and a team of agents on Sunday as they took various illegal immigrants into custody in Chicago.
As part of his show on Merit TV, Dr. Phil filmed a variety of arrests and even interviewed a convicted sex offender and internet predator from Thailand as he was being taken into custody. McGraw, who spoke at a Trump campaign event in October, shared on X that ICE aimed to pick 270 'high-value targets,' indicating it was a targeted operation, and defended the approach. 'They're not sweeping neighborhoods like people are trying to imply,' he said. Homan told McGraw they were targeting 300 people in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune. ICE reportedly arrested nearly 1,000 people across the U.S. Sunday, but did not clarify how many people were arrested in Chicago. On his show, Dr. Phil emphasized that agents were not going into schools to arrest illegal immigrant students. 'This truly is a targeted ICE mission because they're not sweeping neighborhoods like people are trying to imply,' Dr. Phil said. 'I know that because I've been involved heading into this. They've identified 270 high-value targets, and what I mean by that is that these are known criminals and terrorists.' Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a statement on social media Sunday night, maintaining Chicago’s commitment as a sanctuary city. 'There have been confirmed reports of ICE enforcement activity in Chicago today, Sunday, January 26. Per City code, Chicago police were not involved in this immigration enforcement activity. My team and I are in close communication with City officials including the CPD,' Johnson said. 'It is imperative that all Chicagoans know their constitutional rights and share the Know Your Rights guidance with their neighbors and community.' ICE agents began targeting major sanctuary cities immediately after Trump's inauguration. The following day, Trump lifted longtime guidelines that restricted ICE from operating at 'sensitive locations' such as schools, churches or hospitals. ICE’s daily arrests, which averaged 311 in the year ending Sept. 30, stayed fairly steady in the first days after Trump took office, then spiked dramatically Sunday to 956 and Monday to 1,179. If sustained, those numbers would mark the highest daily average since ICE began keeping records. The decision has worried many migrants and advocates who fear children will be traumatized by seeing their parents arrested in the drop-off line at school or that migrants needing medical care won’t go to the hospital for fear of arrest
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