President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar vows that the biggest city in the Midwest will be “ground zero” for mass deportations, and officials across the political spectrum in Chicago are bracing for a showdown.

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.

Advocates for immigrants canvassed Chicago's Latino neighborhoods ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, which could open the door to immigration raids. "It’s a fact that we have to be prepared,