Asked on Fox News if deportation raids would be launched in multiple cities, including Chicago, Homan said, "I wouldn’t categorize them as raids. There are going to be targeted enforcement operations.

Prospects of a raid in Chicago come just a few weeks after Trump's border czar Tom Homan visited the city and threatened to prosecute the mayor if he did not cooperate.

Tom Homan has promised “shock and awe” in his capacity as border czar, and he has zeroed in on two cities he plans to target in the first days of the Trump presidency: San Diego and Chicago.

Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.

San Diego and Chicago leaders have vowed to defy Tom Homan by protecting undocumented migrants from deportation.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump's “border czar” Tom Homan told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday.

President-elect Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said the incoming administration is going to take “handcuffs” off of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the inauguration next week,