If it's Monday, Democratic-led cities across the U.S. brace for a possible surge in federal law enforcement activity and plan their response as the Trump administration prepares to ramp up immigration enforcement in Chicago, where protesters are already pushing back.

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as former CDC leaders sound the alarm about the deepening crisis at the agency. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Garrett Haake in Washington, where the Trump administration is facing legal setbacks on two fronts, immigration and trade, the president's signature issues, as the White House is planning to further expand its immigration crackdown and possibly

send federal troops into Democratic-run cities like Chicago. In a dramatic moment yesterday, a federal

judge temporarily blocked the deportation of unaccompanied minors back to Guatemala, even as some of

those children were sitting on planes on the tarmac in Texas waiting to be deported.

All of those children are expected to be returned to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement today.

And the judge's order prohibits their deportation for two weeks while the case is pending.

It comes as federal law enforcement officials tell NBC News that ICE, Border Patrol, and other

federal agencies plan to increase manpower and scale up operations to arrest immigrants in Chicago

as early as this week. Here's Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Knoem, this weekend.

Well, we've already had ongoing operations with ICE in Chicago and throughout Illinois and other states, making sure that we're upholding our laws.

But we do intend to add more resources to those operations.

I won't disclose the details because they are law enforcement and investigative folks that are on the ground there.

And I want to make sure we keep their security our number one priority.

But we will continue to go after the worst of the worst across the country like President

Trump has told us to do.

The president has repeatedly criticized and attacked Illinois Democratic leaders as he threatens

to expand his crime crackdown in Democratic-led cities like Chicago and send in the National

Guard. Today, protests

in the windy city over those threats after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order

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