Border Patrol's roughly 20,000 front-line agents will remain on the job if Congress fails to avert a government shutdown.

While federal officials said the boats were needed as part of their anti-immigration blitz, at least one alderperson called the effort a "photo op."

Roughly 30 undocumented immigrants were taken into custody, several of them suspected of gang affiliation, NewsNation reported.

U.S. Border Patrol agents, many armed and wearing masks, were seen in downtown Chicago on Sunday afternoon, drawing attention from passersby along Michigan Avenue and at other locations popular among tourists and residents alike.

U.S. Border Patrol agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation,

U.S. Border Protection is making its presence known on Lake Michigan, the only Great Lake that doesn’t have a foreign border.

A gutsy cyclist taunted US border officers in downtown Chicago — shouting “I’m not a US citizen!” — before sparking a wild street chase caught on video.