CHICAGO — Officials are bracing for federal agents to be deployed Friday in Chicago as part of an “operation” that will last more than a month.

The agents are expected to focus on making immigration arrests and raids in and around Chicago, though President Donald Trump has said he is also considering sending the National Guard to Chicago as part of a crime crackdown.

It’s not clear when the immigration operation will begin, but Gov. JB Pritzker has warned that immigration raids are likely coming this week.

The mayor of suburban Broadview — where Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a processing center for detained immigrants — sent a letter to neighbors Tuesday alerting them that “federal officials have informed us that a large-scale enforcement campaign will soon be underway.”

The

See Full Page