MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (NewsNation) — As multiple federal immigration agencies work together to go after what the Trump administration considers the “worst of the worst,” advanced planning remains critical for officers and agents carrying out their mission.
NewsNation got an exclusive look at U.S. Border Patrol agents arresting two migrants being targeted by federal agents in suburban Mount Prospect, Illinois, as part of Operation Midway Blitz. One of the men, a Mexican national, was taken into custody after previously being convicted of felony counterfeiting, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Another man was also taken into custody as a what federal officials consider a collateral arrest because officials say he has remained in the United States illegally.
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The arrests were completed Thursday in less than five minutes, which Border Patrol officials told NewsNation is a testimony to the prep work that goes into their targeted enforcement operations…