Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tricia McLaughlin has debunked rumors that the Trump administration is shutting down immigration enforcement actions in Chicago.

On Monday, CBS News posted a story that claimed U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and his agents are set to leave Chicago after leading the charge in Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign.

But by Tuesday, McLaughlin took to her X account to shut down the rumor.

“We aren’t leaving Chicago,” she wrote in her post.

She went on to note that crime has plummeted in Chicago since Operation Midway Blitz.

“Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago,” she wrote, “homicides are down 16%, shootings down 35%, robberies down 41%, carjackings down 48%, transit crim

See Full Page