President Donald Trump mocked local officials last month, calling Chicago a “war zone” after they touted a drop in crime that brought the safest summer the city had seen since 1965.

Now, his administration wants to take credit.

On Tuesday, a Department of Homeland Security official cited a drop in crime in Chicago, when asked for comments on reports that Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino was sunsetting Operation Midway Blitz, as the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Chicago is called.

“We aren’t leaving Chicago,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin posted on X . She then listed percentages related to a drop in murders, shootings, robberies and tied it to the arrival of immigration agents.

“It is great to hear that the Trump

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