The immigration blitz was action long promised by President Donald Trump who made mass deportation central to his campaign.

The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.

It was around 8 a.m. Sunday when a family friend called Maria to ask why her husband of nearly 10 years hadn’t shown up for work. Minutes later, with federal immigration agents banging on the front door of her apartment in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood,