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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have arrested a slew of Chicago’s "worst-of-the-worst" offenders, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday.

The statement came as violence and unrest engulfed parts of the city which is suffering from mounting street violence and protests against federal operations.

The string of arrests, DHS said, targeted violent gang members, child abusers, and drug traffickers as part of Operation Midway Blitz , an ongoing crackdown on criminal illegal immigrants across Illinois.

DHS ‘BLITZES’ CHICAGOLAND, NETTING ‘MANY ARRESTS’ AS NOEM ONSITE FOR IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN

The DHS statement, titled "Despite Multiple Vehicle At

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