DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Charlotte would be the first city that Border Patrol has spearheaded an operation on their own without ICE focusing attention on the same location.
53% : While CBP agents have been here, they have tear-gassed our police officers on two separate occasions, bragged about shooting a U.S. citizen five times, and, over the weekend, they pepper-sprayed a one-year-old child." In August, the month before Operation Midway Blitz started, numbers were down across the board.
50% : A second source who is a senior DHS official confirmed reports that Bovino's next stop may be Charlotte, North Carolina, where Border Patrol agents are expected to begin an immigration enforcement operation, a senior DHS official tells NBC News.
40% : On Tuesday, a Department of Homeland Security official cited a drop in crime in Chicago, when asked for comments on reports that Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino was sunsetting Operation Midway Blitz, as the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Chicago is called.
32% : ICE has been making arrests in Charlotte, but they are not currently coordinating with Border Patrol to ramp up arrests in the area, the official said.

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