“Dr. Phil defended President Donald Trump's deportation efforts as the crackdown neared at the end of the first week, incorporating with U.S. immigration enforcement officials during an operation in Chicago on Sunday.
Phil McGraw, “Dr. Phil of the American television series of the same name that focuses on mental health, during the action, according to his X account and two sources familiar with the matter,'' our Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents followed.
McGraw spoke at a Trump campaign event in October. Post to x On Sunday, the ice defended its approach, saying it was a targeted operation, with the aim of selecting 270 “high-value targets.”
“They're not cleaning the area like people are trying to imply,” he said.
Trump, a Republican, launched a broad immigration crackdown after taking office on Jan. 20, sending U.S. troops to the border and taking steps to empower immigration agents to pick up more criminals. I did.
The Trump administration last week took charge of law enforcement and several Justice Department agencies and deputies to carry out immigration enforcement to supplement ice efforts.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and U.S. Marshals Service have been granted authority, the Trump administration said last week.
In addition to Dr. Phil, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove publicized his trip to see DOJ agents support immigration enforcement.
“This morning, I had the privilege of observing the brave men and women of the department as they deploy in lockstep with DHS. The FBI and federal prosecutors are all working on this effort.
Typically, Justice Department officials are not present to observe law enforcement operations in real time, current and former department officials say.
Justice Department officials said the first arrest in Chicago that Bove observed involved an immigrant living in the United States illegally who “killed a 19-year-old woman while driving under the influence.”
ICE said it partnered with the DOJ for an “enhanced targeting operation” in Chicago on Sunday aimed at maintaining public safety, but did not provide further details.
Ice was also arrested outside a Home Depot in Tucson, Arizona, in a neighborhood of Dominican immigrants in San Juan, Pael Torico, with assistance from the investigative arm Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Illinois' two Democratic U.S. senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, said Trump's massive deportation effort would deport criminals and deport veterans, essential workers and other non-citizens. They issued a joint statement saying they would wipe out criminals.
“We should focus on deporting those who pose a danger to our country,” they said. “And we should give the rest the opportunity to gain legal status.”
ICE made 956 arrests nationwide on Sunday, the agency said, three times the daily average for 2024 arrests in X.
