Top DOJ official in Chicago Sunday to oversee immigration enforcement efforts, sources say

Source: CBS News

Updated on: January 26, 2025 / 1:29 PM EST


CHICAGO (CBS) — A top Department of Justice official is in Chicago on Sunday to oversee immigration efforts by multiple agencies, according to officials.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, appointed by President Trump, will oversee the efforts of the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Marshall Service, and federal prosecutors, two U.S. officials familiar with the operation told CBS News. Bove said in a statement:

"This morning, I had the privilege of observing brave men and women of the Department deploying in lockstep with DHS to address a national emergency arising from four years of failed immigration policy. In Chicago, and across the country, FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, and federal prosecutors are working with DHS to secure the border, stop this invasion, and make America safe again. We will support everyone at the federal, state, and local levels who joins this critical mission to take back our communities. We will use all available tools to address obstruction and other unlawful impediments to our efforts to protect the homeland. Most importantly, we will not rest until the work is done."

Department officials also confirmed that border czar Tom Homan was embedded with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during the operation.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acting-deputy-attorney-general-emil-bove-chicago-immigration/

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I guess they'll record it and show it on TikTok.

(these are the same people who 30 years ago, talked about "jack-booted thugs" in reference to Janet Reno).