Minutes later, Bovino started arguing with Evanston mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss at the store’s parking lot about whether the agents had a warrant to conduct arrests. Bystanders continued yelling and blowing whistles as agents loaded a man in a black hoodie into their vans.

Federal agents carried out multiple Chicago immigration arrests, including some in Little Village, as Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino made his return.

Community groups say at least 15 people were arrested, including an immigrant living in the U.S. without legal permission, who the Department of Homeland Security says has a criminal history and damaged a Border Patrol vehicle with a rock.

Federal immigration enforcement has begun to fracture a long-standing safety network in Latino neighborhoods, forcing schools, families, and community workers to adapt amid fear and uncertainty.

A month after the immigration teams packed up and pulled out of Chicago for other cities, they have come back this week and resumed making arrests of allegedly undocumented immigrants.

Amid heightened concerns over federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area, Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss confronted Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino on Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General is conducting an audit of the Chicago Housing Authority to scrutinize its procedures around verifying residents’ immigration status and criminal backgrounds, according to documents obtained by the Sun-Times.