(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he and his allies are winning in the fight over increased immigration enforcement efforts from the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz.

Speaking with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Tuesday, Pritzker said they’re winning the fight.

“We are winning here. We are,” Pritzker said. “Even if there are still people who are being taken, there's still there are attacks on our communities.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said officers aren’t rounding people up indiscriminately.

“When our [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] goes out to conduct a targeted operation to deport illegal criminals from our community, they are doing so with intelligence. They are doing so with law enforcement sources,” Leavit

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