After recent high-profile use of force encounters, federal officials have rushed to offer full-throated defenses of immigration agents, raising questions about whether previously enshrined

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said the arrests were made by midday, and that it was working on verifying identities and potential charges.

Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors," said McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, in a statement emailed to USA TODAY on Nov.