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Federal immigration agents detained at least three people in the west suburbs Friday in a sudden burst of aggressive action, chasing workers who tried to hide on top of a truck before running through a Menards parking lot in Cicero and questioning people walking in Berwyn.

Since Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino left Chicago in November with hundreds of his agents, aggressive enforcement tactics have largely subsided, but immigration advocates and other leaders say that federal enforcement from the Department of Homeland Security, whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol, has not stopped.

“It’s clear that Chicago and Illinois remain a target of the administration,” said Brandon Lee of the Illinois Coalition for Immigran

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