Even though the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago is expected to ramp down, with U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino leaving town any day, the federal presence here could return four-fold in the spring.

That’s according to three law enforcement sources in contact with the Chicago Sun-Times.

One source said Bovino could be gone as soon as Tuesday. Another source with direct knowledge said the number of Border Patrol agents currently operating in the Chicago area will go from 250 down to 100. But in March, that number could increase to 1,000 agents.

The news appears to signal, for now, a downshift in the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” which brought two months of chaos, fear, tear gas and intense litigation to Chicago.

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