Federal immigration agents swept through the Northwest Side and north suburbs Friday, making arrests and firing pepper balls and pepper spray at protesters, as the Trump administration’s deportation campaign across the Chicago area continued through Halloween.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem kept her promise not to let up on immigration enforcement on the holiday . U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-large Gregory Bovino led a caravan of at least a dozen agents across Chicago suburbs including Evanston, Skokie and Niles, and the Edison Park neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times journalists followed the caravan for at least an hour and witnessed four arrests — two in Albany Park and two others in Edison Park and Niles.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed

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