CHICAGO (WLS) -- The federal government has officially started what it's immigration crackdown on the Chicago area.

They're calling it "Operation Midway Blitz" and some local community leaders continue to fight back.

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The announcement of this latest anticipated crackdown targets undocumented here in Illinois and invokes the name of Katie Abraham. The 20-year old Chicago area woman who died in January when the vehicle she and her friends were riding in was struck by an undocumented drunk driver.

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While trump administration officials say the operation is necessary to apprehend undocumented who they say are being given refuge in sanctuary citi

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