CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are new details Friday about some of the costs associated with the controversial immigration enforcement effort in Chicago.

According to Sen. Dick Durbin's office, the National Guard deployment cost taxpayers nearly $20 million.

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There has been significant political and community pushback since the immigration enforcement operation began. Now that it has wrapped up, Durbin says it was a waste of taxpayer dollars, while the Trump administration is defending every dollar spent.

President Donald Trump federalized 500 members of the Texas and Illinois National Guard to help with "Operation Midway Blitz." But a federal judge blocked their actual deployment, and they never played any role in the immigration crackd

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