Outraged Chicago locals have slammed CNN for selective reporting of migrant raids in the city. 

The liberal broadcaster has largely focused on the human tragedy of the raids, despite violent criminals and a pedophile among those also seized.

In one news item, CNN showed an Illinois woman breaking down in tears saying her grandfather had been deported after 30 years in North America. 

Yelitza Marquina from Waukegan mentioned that the door was opened by them because there was a belief that one of them might be facing trouble or something else had happened to them.

‘I’m already heartbroken myself and I can’t imagine little kids whose families are broken apart because of this.’

The local citizen journalist called Chicago Contrarian criticized CNN for being biased and pointed out that they had neglected to present the other side of the story concerning the deportations happening under the new Border Czar named Tom Homan.

The Chicago local highlighted that ever since Tom Homan’s arrival in Chicago, ICE agents have apprehended SIX sex offenders, THREE members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, and TWO undocumented individuals who had been convicted of murder.

‘Yet CNN tells the story of a “grandfather” now facing deportation after living here illegally for 30 years. CNN sucks.’

Outraged Chicago locals have slammed CNN for selective reporting of migrant raids in the city. In one news item, CNN showed an Illinois woman breaking down in tears saying her grandfather had been deported after 30 years in North America (shown above) 

Local citizen journalist Chicago Contrarian was among those accusing CNN of reporting the migrant raids in a biased manner 

The staggering numbers come as Trump aggressively forged ahead with his pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history in his first week back in power

Others posted screenshots of stories about deportations targeting notorious MS-13 gang members and other dangerous criminals. 

‘CNN will conveniently leave out gangs, drug dealers, and violent offenders and branding illegal immigrants as “migrants”,’ one man said on X. 

‘There is a clear difference between legal and illegal immigration. All illegals need to be deported.’

It comes as a Dr Phil embedded himself among Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and Homan as they rounded up undocumented migrants in Chicago on Sunday, including a pedophile.

Dr. Phil, 74, whose real name is Phil McGraw, was shown grilling one detainee as he stood handcuffed in the street, video of the man’s arrest revealed.

The television psychologist asked the man – who has since been identified as Sam Seda from Thailand – where he was born and if he had ever been deported from the US before. Sam confirmed he was not an American citizen, but claimed his mother is.

Homan then revealed that Sam was an ‘illegal alien convicted of sex crimes involving children’, claiming he was just one of many illegal criminals walking the streets of sanctuary cities as local authorities prevent federal agents from doing their jobs.

Dr. Phil addressed Sam again, asking: ‘You’ve been charged with sex crimes with children?’

Sam simply replied: ‘Not really.’

The first migrant arrested in ICE raids across Chicago on Sunday was Seda Sam, from Thailand

Dr. Phil revealed that Sam was a ‘convicted sex offender and internet predator’

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‘Not really?!’ a stunned Dr. Phil stated. ‘And never been deported?’

‘Nope,’ Sam doubled down, leaving Dr. Phil apparently shocked.

Homan then told his agents: ‘Let’s take him in, process him, and lock him up.’ 

President Trump has aggressively forged ahead with his pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history in his first week back in power, arresting more than 2,000 people so far.

On Friday alone, ICE authorities detained 445 illegal migrants with criminal records, with a further 148 migrants without rap sheets also taken into custody ready for deportation.

CNN has been blasted for focusing on the stories of families who have been torn apart by the policy, rather than the crackdown on criminals. 

Trump’s immigration crackdown has been met with pushback from other countries, including Colombia which refused to accept military flights carrying deportees.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Trump of being a ‘white slaveholder’ who is on track to ‘wipe out the human species’ after being humiliated by the US president in the dispute over migrants.

Dr. Phil, a clinical psychologist best known for hosting the popular daytime TV talk show Dr. Phil, accompanied Homan and ICE in defending Trump’s deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week.

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.

‘They’re not sweeping neighborhoods like people are trying to imply,’ he said.

Border Czar Tom Homan joined ICE agents and officers with the Drug Enforcement Agency to conduct raids in the Windy City

Homan, who revealed Sam’s criminal record to the TV psychologist, used the migrant’s case to highlight the dangers of sanctuary cities, or areas that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

‘Again, the downfall, the problem with a sanctuary city is that people like this are walking the street rather than law enforcement working with federal agents,’ Homan told Dr. Phil. ‘This is what we’re dealing with.’

In a separate clip, Dr. Phil could be seen speaking with Homan about the arrest.

‘He shouldn’t even be here, but he’s doing this,’ Homan added, noting that nobody in the community alerted authorities to say, ‘Hey there’s somebody who doesn’t even have the right to be here that’s preying on our children.’

Homan then noted that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ‘want to vilify the men of ICE.’

‘ICE saved children today and it makes me angry,’ Homan said, mentioning that the governor claimed federal officials were at a school on Friday, though that was later proven to be false.

Raids were also conducted in Denver, Colorado; Austin, Texas; San Jose, California; Los Angeles, California; San Antonio, Texas; Miami, Florida; Detroit, Michigan, Omaha, Nebraska; Phoenix, Arizona; Atlanta, Georgia and New Jersey, according to NewsNation.

In total, there were 956 migrants apprehended on Sunday alone, following the arrest of nearly 1,300 people on Thursday.