Sources reveal that ICE will initiate raids targeting undocumented immigrants in major cities, starting in Chicago. Agents are being prepared for operations and the Department of Homeland Security is on alert.
As part of President-elect Donald Trump 's strategy to secure the border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) will carry out post-inauguration raids as early as Tuesday, sources briefed on the plans told ABC News. ICE will likely start in Chicago and could move on to other big cities, according to sources, who noted the plans could change. The agency put out a request for ICE agents to volunteer to help with at least some of the operations, according to a source.
Agencies that fall under the Department of Homeland Security umbrella, such as Enforcement and Removal Operations, which handles deportations, and Homeland Security Investigations, have been put on 'alert' by the incoming administration, officials with knowledge of the plan told ABC News. Although field teams have not been given specific details about what next week will hold, federal agents assigned to the region were asked to prepare cases and operations that were 'ready to go,' the officials said. In December, former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan visited Chicago and promised enforcement operations would begin there. Homan's December visit to the city followed a pattern of prior promises to launch operations in Chicago. In October 2018, ICE agents carried out a raid in Richmond, Virginia, which serves as an example of the type of operation that could be expected in Chicago
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