Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended raiding churches and schools as part of a crackdown on undocumented immigration.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) announced Sunday that it has launched coordinated "targeted operations" in Chicago, in partnership with several federal agencies, to enforce immigration laws and "preserve public safety and national security."

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted on the ground in the Chicago area as the agency said "targeted operations" are underway Sunday. New video shows ICE and other federal agents knocking on doors and making arrests in the city.

President Donald Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove descended on Chicago this weekend for the beginning of accelerated immigration enforcement operations in the city.

ICE did not disclose the number of arrests but emphasized their focus on "potentially dangerous criminals." Gov. JB Pritzker, meanwhile, criticized the move.

Activist groups argued planned immigration raids are retaliatory in nature because of Chicago's sanctuary city status.

Immigrant advocacy groups in Chicago filed a lawsuit Saturday morning against the Trump administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over planned deportation raids.