CHICAGO (WGN) - The Trump administration sent top Homeland Security leaders to Chicago on Tuesday to tout the next stage of their immigration crackdown.

There has been no official word yet on how many individuals ICE agents took into custody on Tuesday, but among those arrested was a 37-year-old alleged gang member, according to ICE spokespeople.

Aldo Salazar Bahena was convicted of murder in 2005, according to Homeland Security spokespeople. Prison officials allegedly refused to honor an ICE detainer request and Bahena was released from Stateville Prison in Crest Hill on Friday, before agents arrested him again Monday in Elgin.

ICE also released details on the arrest of another man, whose criminal history is said to include arrest for DUI, resisting a police officer and vehicular burgl

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