Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.

U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said his administration will not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following an appearance in Harrisburg Monday.

Local law enforcement and schools will continue following state law regarding immigration enforcement, according to statements made by those organizations. The announcements come in response to rumors that began circulating last week after various immigration-related executive orders from President Donald Trump.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their countries of origin or internally to other U.S. detention centers.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s stepped-up arrests continued Tuesday, with newly sworn-in Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem personally taking part in an operation targeting New York City.

Arrests were made Sunday at a home in Fultondale and in Huntsville, according to the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice.

The newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivered remarks to her staff for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

The tri-state area is home to over a million undocumented people, according to statistics obtained by PIX11 News. The Trump administration is pushing to increase the arrests of