(CNN) — Whispers that federal immigration enforcement was imminent ricocheted across Chicago over the weekend as organizers postponed public events and advocates handed out flyers reminding people about their rights in the face of an immigration agent.

By Sunday, White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed those plans for federal immigration agents to head to Chicago and other sanctuary cities this week, calling them “problem areas,” following signals from the Trump administration that raids would surge and after a weekend of fears gripped several states.

“You can expect action in most sanctuary cities across the country,” Homan told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

The announcement followed a massive immigration raid at a sprawling Hyundai manufacturing plant in southe

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