CNN personalities and local officials criticized daytime talk show host Dr. Phil taking part in a deportation operation with border czar Tom Homan and ICE in Chicago.

Dr. Phil McGraw, host of "Dr. Phil Primetime" on Merit TV, speaks with NBC News' Tom Llamas about his ride-along experience with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago.

TV host Dr. Phil McGraw joined officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border czar Tom Homan for an immigration crackdown in Chicago over the weekend that led to several arrests. McGraw posted video on his X account of an arrest of one man purported to be a “convicted sex offender

A range of federal agencies conducted "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago Sunday "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety," a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

The TV host embedded with US immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump’s deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end

Dr. Phil McGraw said on Sunday that he’s embedding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as they conduct what federal officials are calling “targeted operations” to enforce immigration law in Chicago.

The TV host known as “Dr. Phil” embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald

The TV host known as "Dr. Phil" embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump's deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week.

Several feet away, Dr. Phil McGraw — a TV talk show host who, along with his camera crew, was embedded with Homeland Security agents as they launched an immigration blitz in the Chicago area on Sunday — opined on the arrest in keeping with his role of de facto spokesman for the operation.

ICE has not released details about Chicago arrests this week, leaving Dr. Phil McGraw’s video of Sai Pavuluri’s detention as one of the few tacitly confirmed cases.

Dr Phil responded to Selena Gomez, arguing that the ICE operation focused on dangerous criminals rather than innocent individuals