Trump administration 'reviewing' Chicago immigration raid plans after reports, border czar says

As part of President-elect Donald Trump's strategy to secure the border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement were expected to carry out post-inauguration raids as early as Tuesday, sources briefed on the plans told ABC News Saturday morning.

Top officials within the Department of Homeland Security told ABC News that Chicago would "be a target area for the incoming administration."

Trump's incoming "border czar" Tim Homan told ABC News late Saturday that the incoming administration is now "reviewing any plans in Chicago because of the leak," adding that news reports may have potentially put officer safety at risk.

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The plans were first reported by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Agencies that fall under the Department of Homeland Security umbrella, such as Enforcement and Removal Operations, which handles deportations, and Homeland Security Investigations, have been put on "alert" by the incoming administration, officials with knowledge of the plan told ABC News.

Although field teams have not been given specific details about what next week will hold, federal agents assigned to the region were asked to prepare cases and operations that were "ready to go," the officials said.

Tom Homan, the incoming border czar, has previewed these operations in past comments, especially targeting Chicago.

In December, Homan visited the city and promised enforcement operations would begin there.

"All that starts Jan. 21, and we're going to start right here in Chicago, Illinois," Homan said during the visit.

Homan has promised to go after violent offenders in the United States.