President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan said on Saturday that targeted operations to detain migrants who are in the U.S. illegally will begin next week, and indicated they would involve several cities.

The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.

The hard-line policies in his first term were a significant shift that reframed the national conversation on immigration and helped return him to the White House.

The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Top officials recently promoted to high-level positions with Department of Homeland Security have confirmed that Chicago will be a target area for the incoming Donald Trump administration next week, ABC News learned on Saturday.

Legal experts and researchers say incoming President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could actually end up undermining goals of public safety and national security.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration plans to immediately order a series of deportation raids targeting illegal immigrants, according to multiple reports Saturday.

Donald Trump has vowed to launch — on day one of his presidency — the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in U.S. history. Political observers say making good on that

US President-elect Donald Trump's team is finalizing an aggressive slate of executive orders on immigration that are expected to be issued hours after he is sworn in, CNN reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Tom Homan said last month at a Republican Party event in Chicago he would hit the ground running in the city with his plan to remove illegal immigrants.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised repeatedly to begin the largest deportation operation in American history on his first day.