Storming an apartment complex from the ground and the air as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since an immigration crackdown started last month in the Chicago area, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Trump administration has also said it will deploy National Guard troops in its agenda to deport criminals and reduce crime.

But U.S. citizens and immigrants with legal status have been among those temporarily detained in encounters popping up daily across neighborhoods in the city of 2.7 million and its many suburbs, based on accounts from witnesses and those detained.

Activists, residents and some city leaders have alleged tactics u

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