​​President Donald Trump’s continued efforts to deport undocumented immigrants and what he says is a crackdown on crime in mostly Democratic-led cities — which have some of the nation’s largest Black populations — is showing no signs of slowing.

In a Chicago courtroom Monday, Trump administration officials defended themselves as a federal judge demanded explanations for their response to tense protests against immigration enforcement actions in the city. Recent raids have resulted in the unlawful arrests of Black Chicago residents, including 19-year-old Warren King and several others in a South Shore apartment building.

Officials with Customs and Border Protection said at Monday’s hearing that they’re taking seriously the judge’s order for its agents to wear and use body-worn cameras. There are more than 200 CBP agents on duty in Chicago equipped with a body camera and know they are required to use it, Deputy Incident Commander Kyle Harvick said.

So far, the National Guard troops have been deployed to Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., despite local crime data showing reductions in violent crime, including homicides, in several of these cities. In Portland, Oregon, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s attempt to send in hundreds of National Guard troops from California and from Texas, following an agreement with its Republican governor.

Since June, the administration has faced lawsuits from four state attorneys general over its deployment — or attempted deployment — of National Guard troops into cities Trump has said requires federal intervention to restore order.