One of the biggest questions, as Trump's second term begins, is just how wide and how quickly his administration will conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

As we reported earlier, those operations got underway this weekend in Chicago and other cities around the country.

Stephanie Sy has our report.

As part of a nationwide enforcement blitz that resulted in nearly 1,000 arrests on Sunday,

President Trump's borders are Tom Homan was on the ground in Chicago.

In an interview aired yesterday, Homan said the priority was nabbing people with criminal records.

If you're in the country legally, you're on the table because it's not okay to violate

this country. You've got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated

a crime under Title V, United States Code 1325. It's a crime.

Other federal agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI were involved in arrests with

immigration customs enforcement in states like California, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, and Georgia.

In Chicago, immigrant enclaves were on edge. On the city's northwest side, non-profit

onward house provides support services for migrants, including this woman.

She says she came to the U.S. from Mexico with her family a year ago to flee gang violence.

I am terrified if they catch me or my husband, because then my kids will be all alone in this country.

I have given my children phone numbers of people they can call if something were to happen to us.

I am praying to God it doesn't.

She says she's had trouble finding a lawyer to help her file an asylum application.

Even under Biden, roots to claim asylum status were narrowed.

Trump has moved to suspend asylum completely.

We can't set foot inside our country.

That's why we ask the U.S. government for help,

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