President-elect Donald Trump’s promise for the largest deportation operation in United States history — has sent a ripple of worry across communities.

President Donald Trump's promise of mass deportation is stoking fear across Chicago. From Chinatown to Little Village, individuals and many families are fearing the prospect of separation as numerous published reports said federal agents may be planning an immigration raid in the near future.

But as of Sunday night, it was unclear when and where the mass deportations of undocumented immigrants would take place.

Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling

One of the assurances President Trump made in his Inaugural remarks was his intent to increase deportation for undocumented immigrants.

Immigrants and groups advocating for them have been preparing since Trump made mass deportations a signature pledge of his campaign. Trump has often been critical of Chicago, which has some of the country’s strongest protections for people in the country without legal status.

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar vows that the biggest city in the Midwest will be “ground zero” for mass deportations, and officials across the political spectrum in Chicago are bracing for a showdown.