WASHINGTON, (WTVO) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions on television ads in cities like Chicago, aiming to recruit local law enforcement officers amid growing tensions over immigration enforcement.

The ads are part of a $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 deportation officers by year’s end, a key element of the Trump administration’s push to ramp up deportations. The campaign has aired in more than a dozen other cities, including Seattle, Atlanta and Boston, and is funded through a broader $76.5 billion request for ICE under a tax and spending bill passed in July.

Chicago officials have been outspoken in their opposition to increased immigration enforcement. The city has been repeatedly criticized by the Trump administration for policies that limit cooperati

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