CHICAGO (NewsNation) — An ongoing large-scale federal immigration enforcement operation continues to focus on targeting what the Trump administration considers the “worst of the worst” in the greater Chicago area, despite ongoing opposition from elected officials.

NewsNation got an exclusive look at how Immigration and Customs Enforcement is actively working to take immigrants who entered the United States illegally and who have criminal convictions off the streets as part of "Operation Midway Blitz".

On Tuesday, ICE arrested Arturas Pivoras, who first entered the United States in 2001. Pivoras appeared before an immigration judge who, in August, revoked Pivoras’ bond, ordered him back into custody and gave him 30 days to appeal. Officials said he never did.

Officials said that Pivoras,

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