Chicago federal intervention: Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations | Updates

DHS released new information about the threats it says federal agents face while "protecting our borders and communities."

DHS says it has obtained what it calls "credible intelligence" that Mexican cartels have issued a tiered bounty program for hits against ICE and Border Patrol agents.

The release from DHS specifically mentions Pilsen and Little Village, where it alleges gang members affiliated with the Latin Kings have organized "spotter networks," deploying people equipped with firearms and radio communications on rooftops.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says a Facebook group for people to share information on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Chicago has been taken down online.

On X, Bondi said, "Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target" agents.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says a Facebook group for people to share information on ICE agents in Chicago has been taken down online.

The group appears to be the ICE Sighting - Chicagoland group, which shared locations of ICE agents around the city, and amassed more than 90,000 followers before its removal.

Other pages have appeared to pop up.

Kankakee Mayor Chris Curtis said he has learned that ICE and other federal agents are "actively working within the city limits."

In a post on Facebook, Curtis said he and Kankakee Police Chief Kidwell were aware of activity happening Sunday, but he is not notified of when or where the agents might operate.

Curtis said city officials are not assisting or hindering any federal operations.

There are allegations of federal agents this past weekend not following rulings from judges prohibiting certain crowd control tactics and there are also questions over potential unlawful arrests.

The I-Team asked law experts, what happens if there is a refusal to follow court orders?

During an interaction Sunday with immigration agents in Northwest Side neighborhood Albany Park, video appears to show agents deploying tear gas against the public without any audible warning - something that is unlawful under a court order from last week.

Other images show immigration agents outside of a church in Rogers Park that same day during a Spanish-language Mass.

That is prompting questions over whether they had warrants targeting specific people or were there without warrants, something that requires additional probable cause and an assessment of an immigrant's flight risk.

"What we have seen now to a much larger scale is federal agents indiscriminately stopping and arresting people without warrants and without probable cause required by federal immigration laws," said Mark Fleming, an attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center.

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