The TV host known as embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week.
Phil McGraw, known as for the eponymous American television series focused on mental health, followed officers and other federal agents during the action, according to and two sources familiar with the matter.
McGraw, who spoke at a Trump campaign event in October, said in a post on X on Sunday that ICE aimed to pick 270 “high-value targets,” indicating it was a targeted operation, and defended the approach.
Trump, a Republican, took steps to launch after taking office on Jan. 20, sending U.S. troops to the border and empowering immigration agents to pick up more non-criminals. The Trump administration last week deputized law enforcement agents with several Justice Department agencies to conduct immigration enforcement to supplement ICE efforts.
“They’re not sweeping neighborhoods like people are trying to imply,” he said.
