Top Trump administration officials joined law enforcement agents Sunday as they started making targeted immigration arrests across the Chicago area, capping off a week of fear and confusion.A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a range of federal agencies were beginning to conduct "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities." The DEA, along with our @TheJusticeDept partners, is assisting @DHSgov and other federal law enforcement partners with their immigration enforcement efforts. pic.twitter.com/go7vxf8xtc— DEAChicago (@DEACHICAGODiv) January 26, 2025 Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) said federal officials were conducting operations in Logan Square but not in his ward.A spokesperson for Organized Communities Against Deportations said the group has received reports and confirmed that people were taken from the Albany Park, Hermosa and Edgewater neighborhoods, and also from suburban Bolingbrook and East Chicago."Right now, it's too chaotic and too early to release detained info on people taken, but it's currently happening," said Antonio Gutierrez, strategic coordinator with Organized Communities Against Deportations, who added that Drug Enforcement Administration agents were assisting in the operation. Related Secret Service agents, not ICE, attempted to access Hamline Elementary School in Chicago, officials say Chicagoans with birthright citizenship fear for ‘future of millions of others like me’ after Trump’s order "We are continuing to inform folks of their rights, and it seems at least in some circumstances asking for judicial warrants have at least prevented some folks from getting detained," Gutierrez said.The arrests were targeted across the Chicago area and didn’t impact churches or workplaces, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.Organized Communities Against Deportations filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Saturday over its plans for “mass deportations,” and asked for an emergency hearing or injunction in federal court Sunday. Prior to the request for an emergency order, the government was required to respond to the suit by noon Wednesday, according to court documents; no hearing had been set.Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and border czar Tom Homan spoke to officials from ICE and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.In a statement, Bove said: “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.A DOJ official on background said Bove observed the first arrest Sunday morning, which was of "an illegal immigrant who remained in the country despite having killed a 19-year-old woman while driving under the influence.”"The DEA, along with our Department of Justice partners, is assisting DHS and other federal law enforcement partners with their immigration enforcement efforts," DEA spokesman Luis Agostini said.Another photo shared on the social media platform showed a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official working alongside officials from DEA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.The ICE spokesperson said the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service were also aiding the operations.No further details of the operations, including locations or number of arrests, were made public Sunday. New: A DoJ official tells NBC News that Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove “is on the ground in Chicago this morning to personally observe DHS immigration enforcement operations and support the efforts of FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, and federal prosecutors who are assisting DHS in…— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) January 26, 2025 During an appearance on CNN Sunday morning, Gov. JB Prtizker said there's a difference between targeting undocumented "violent criminals" and law-abiding people when he was asked about the possibility of immigration raids in Illinois."They're going after people who are law-abiding, who are holding down jobs, who have families here, who may have been here for a decade or two decades, and they're often our neighbors and our friends," Pritzker said."These are not people who are causing problems in our country, and what we need is a path to citizenship for them. We need to secure our border. We need to get rid of the violent criminals, but we also need to protect people, at least the residents of Illinois and all across the nation, who are just doing what we hope that immigrants will do.”This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Contributing: Violet Miller, Lynn Sweet and Kaitlin Washburn