The immigration blitz was action long promised by President Donald Trump who made mass deportation central to his campaign.

What we do know is that ICE reported 956 arrests nationwide yesterday, the first day of the Chicago operation. That was up from 286 on Jan. 25, 593 on Jan. 24 and 538 on Jan. 23. Presumably, the uptick was driven in part by the Chicago crackdown, but the agency did not specify how many of yesterday's arrests took place locally.

It was around 8 a.m. Sunday when a family friend called Maria to ask why her husband of nearly 10 years hadn’t shown up for work. Minutes later, with federal immigration agents banging on the front door of her apartment in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood,

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are making thousands of arrests during President Trump's first week in office, with agents across the country focusing on people with criminal records or gang ties.