CHICAGO >> Gregory Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol official, said his team made arrests in Chicago on Tuesday as part of an operation targeting immigrants in the U.S. illegally with criminal records.

Bovino’s arrival in Chicago signaled a potential escalation of efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration in the third largest U.S. city, drawing criticism from local officials who said his tactics were overly aggressive and more for show than for improving safety.

Alongside a video he posted on X showing scenes of Chicago set to music, Bovino, who played a prominent role in a deportation crackdown in Los Angeles, said he would continue his mission by arresting “criminal illegal aliens.”

“We are already going hard this morning!!! Many arrests,” he said.

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