Trump administration planning illegal immigrant arrests throughout US on 'day one'

Incoming border czar Tom Homan was asked by Fox News' Jesse Watters about the media reports of a "big raid" on Tuesday in Chicago, but Homan said ICE will be working across the country.

"There's going to be a big raid across the country. Chicago is just one of many places. We've got 24 field offices across the country. On Tuesday, ICE is finally going to go out and do their job. We're going to take the handcuffs off ICE and let them go arrest criminal aliens, that's what's going to happen," he said.

"What we're telling ICE, you're going to enforce the immigration law without apology. You're going to concentrate on the worst first, public safety threats first, but no one is off the table. If they're in the country illegally, they got a problem," he said.

The administration has promised a mass deportation operation, as well as increased border security. Officials have said they intend to target those with criminal histories and convictions, but have also stressed that they will potentially arrest anyone in the U.S. illegally. There are currently more than 7 million individuals on ICE's non-detained docket.

"The administration has been clear that we're going to start arresting people on day one, and Chicago's probably not going to be the only place that arrests are going to be made," a source familiar told Fox News Digital.

Some Democratic officials in Chicago, as well as Massachusetts and Arizona have said they will not co-operate with the administration.

But New York City Mayor Eric Adams has met with Homan about how they can work together on removing illegal immigrants who have been convicted of violent crimes.