CHICAGO — Gregory Bovino, a U.S. Customs and Border Control chief who played a prominent role in a deportation crackdown in Los Angeles, said his team has arrived in Chicago on Tuesday and has made arrests.

Bovino’s comments on X signaled a potential escalation of efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration targeting undocumented immigrants in the third-largest U.S. city, while drawing criticism from local officials who said his actions were more for show than for improving safety.

In an online video showing scenes of Chicago, set to music, Bovino said he would continue his mission from Los Angeles by arresting “criminal illegal aliens.”

“We are already going hard this morning!!! Many arrests,” he said.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said last week it was launching an

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