The Illinois secretary of state’s office is reminding everyone — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — to refrain from swapping or altering state license plates amid concerns of plate tampering as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that continues to pervade the Chicago area.

In a news release Tuesday, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office cautioned against the illegal practice, noting it has received several reports of ICE agents “flipping and modifying state-issued license plates on vehicles to carry out their military-style deportation efforts.”

Since President Donald Trump’s local mass deportation push launched in early September, agents in vehicles have been seen conducting immigration enforcement efforts from the city to the subur

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