Dr. Phil Says He’s Embedded With ICE For Immigration Operation In Chicago

Ted Johnson

26 January 2025 at 3:23 pm·2-min read

Dr. Phil McGraw said on Sunday that he’s embedding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as they conduct what federal officials are calling “targeted operations” to enforce immigration law in Chicago.

In a post on X, McGraw said that “it’s a pretty high risk mission we’re going on. This truly is a targeted ICE mission, because they’re not sweeping neighborhoods like people are trying to imply.” He said that ICE has identified 270 “high value targets.”

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“These are known criminals and terrorists,” McGraw said. “We’re talking about murderers, child traffickers, child rapists. We’re talking about bad actors, both in the countries they’ve come from, and since they’ve been here in the United States.”

McGraw’s Merit Street Media planned live coverage on MeritTV.com, with the raids filmed this morning.

Dr Phil is embedded with @RealTomHoman for ICE operation in Chicago.

For full live coverage of the operation, download the MeritTV app. pic.twitter.com/PKkZRZzqq5
— Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) January 26, 2025

McGraw interviewed Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, who was there to observe the operations.

ICE released a statement earlier today, saying that the agency, “along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the U.S. Marshals Service, began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities.”

Also joining the operation was Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general who was personal attorney to Trump, according to the Chicago office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, per the Chicago Sun-Times.

McGraw interviewed Trump during the presidential campaign, aligning with Trump’s contention that he had been unfairly targeted by the justice system. McGraw also spoke at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, held less than two weeks before the presidential election.

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