Chicago has entered what many consider a new uneasy phase of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has already led to thousands of arrests.

As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.

Heavily blurred videos, which police officials initially blocked from being released, confirm that officers initially were told not to respond to a confrontation between federal agents and protesters.

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has left Chicago after two months of controversial enhanced immigration operations.

Chicago’s immigrant communities have been griped by fear due to the recent crackdown, but one defiant couple bucks the trend.

They say they’re deporting the worst of the worst,” one protester said. “But day laborers are the best of the best.”