Chicago Heights Mayor: City Will Not Cooperate With ICE

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL – Mayor David Gonzalez said that neither city officials nor police will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents if enforcement actions to deport immigrants come to Chicago Heights Sunday or next week.

"Chicago Heights will continue to stand with our refugees and do not support rounding up immigrant families or separating families simply to play political games," he said.

There have been unconfirmed reports since Thursday that ICE agents had been seen in Chicago neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs, including Wicker Park, Chicago Heights and Cicero.

The White House confirmed Friday that at least 2,000 undocumented immigrants will be taken into custody during the raids. Children, other immigrants and possibly citizens are expected to be swept up as "collateral" during the action, news outlets, including Time, reported.

These types of raids are not new. According to a Politico report, the Obama administration ordered more than 2 million people deported and swept many of them up in series of raids in October and November 2015.