All eyes were on Chicago Tuesday morning as the looming threat of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants gained momentum with President Trump now back in office. The incoming administration has vowed to make Chicago ground zero for raids.

The fight over illegal immigration in Chicago has the potential to be among the fiercest in the country during the first weeks of Trump’s second term.

Business leaders and employers across the United States, including in Chicago, are raising alarms over immigration raids as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to implement his mass deportation policy.

The City of Chicago and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are vowing to protect immigrant communities as President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportation continues to make waves. Trump’s deportation pledge has been criticized by many in blue-state Illinois,