Written by Sarah N. Linch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The TV broadcaster known as “Dr. Phil” was accompanied by American immigration laws during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, and defended President Donald Trump's efforts to deport him as the campaign approached the end of its first week.
Phil McGu, known as “Dr. Phil”, was relative to the American TV series of the same name, which focuses on mental health, followed the American ICE) officers (ICE) and other federal agents during the operation, according to his account on X and two sources familiar with the case. topic.
McGaru, who spoke at a Trump campaign in October, said in a post on Sunday that the Immigration and Customs Department aims to choose 270 “high -value goals”, indicating that it was a targeted process, and defended this approach.
He said: “They are not sweeping the living as people try to indicate implicitly.”
Trump, a Republican, took steps to launch a large -scale campaign against immigration after taking office on January 20, when he sent American forces to the border and enabled immigration agents to arrest more criminals. Last week, the Trump administration delegated law enforcement agents with many Ministry of Justice agencies to conduct the enforcement of immigration laws to supplement the efforts of the Immigration and Customs Department.
The Trump administration said last week that the alcoholic office, firearms, and explosives office (ATF), the Anti -Narcotics Administration (DeA) and the American Marshal service were given power.
In addition to Dr. Phil, Acting Deputy Prosecutor Emile Bouv announced his journey to watch the agents of the Ministry of Justice as they support the enforcement of immigration laws.
“This morning, I had the honor to watch brave men and women in the ministry spread in coordination with the Ministry of National Security to address the national emergency caused by four years of the failed immigration policy,” Bouv said, adding that the delegated agencies, the Ministry of Internal Security, and the FBI will work And all Federalists are all these efforts.
Country and precedents in the ministry say that senior officials of the Ministry of Justice are usually not usually to monitor law enforcement operations.
An official at the Ministry of Justice said that the first detention in Chicago, who noticed Bouf, relates to an illegal immigrant in the United States who “killed a 19 -year -old woman while driving under the influence of alcohol.”
The American Immigration and Customs Administration (ICE), part of the Ministry of Internal Security, said it had entered into a partnership with the Ministry of Justice for “enhanced targeted operations” in Chicago on Sunday with the aim of maintaining public safety, but it did not provide more details.
The Office of the Democratic Democratic Democratic mayor Johnson immediately responded to a request for comment.
White House spokeswoman Caroline Levit said that the Immigration and Customs Administration carried out 538 arrests across the country on Thursday, indicating a slight rise in the average compared to previous years.
The daily rate of arrests of the agency was 311 in the fiscal year 2024 and 467 in the fiscal year 2023.
