The Trump administration is empowering law enforcement agents across the Department of Justice (DOJ) with immigration enforcement authorities. A new

On Sunday, multiple federal law enforcement agencies participated in an operation related to “immigration enforcement efforts” in Savannah, Cartersville and Atlanta, according to a post on X by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta.

Among these agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration is taking an active role in supporting the Department of Homeland Security in these operations. The DEA Phoenix Division

The Los Angeles-based Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters said it’s cooperating with federal law enforcement entities on immigration enforcement efforts.

A top Department of Justice (DOJ) official and President Trump’s “border czar” were in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” according to officials. “The DEA, along with our

CHICAGO — Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

Targeted immigration enforcement operations by multiple agencies were launched in Chicago Sunday, with top Trump administration officials in the city to oversee it all. One of President Trump's many campaign slogans was,

ICE agents conducted roundups in New York City, and a day later, local authorities announced their own gang takedown. In immigrant neighborhoods, fear was palpable.

When federal, state and local law enforcement are able to join together and cooperate, we only make the community safer; HB 1124 prevents that.” —

Some local law enforcement agencies are working to get additional federal authority to participate in immigration and other initiatives.

What Trump's order says, how local law enforcement is involved, ICE's efforts so far and what to do if you encounter ICE.