Federal immigration agents led a caravan Thursday morning across Chicago’s Southwest Side, making several stops to question residents on their immigration status.

The caravan, led by U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, began in Little Village around 11 a.m. and continued south toward Chicago Lawn.

Federal agents pulled over at a Shell gas station near 53rd Street and Kedzie Avenue, where Bovino was seen going inside and heard asking a man if he was a U.S. citizen. Bovino was also heard asking a clerk about the gas station’s immigration hiring policy.

As he was exiting the gas station, a Sun-Times reporter asked Bovino what he was doing in the neighborhood and he responded, “Federal immigration enforcement.”

It wasn’t known if any arrests were made.

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