Some Border Patrol agents could soon leave the Chicago area, after taking a leading role in the Trump administration's controversial immigration operations in the nation's third-largest city, officials told CBS News.

The Trump administration has used the Border Patrol to crack down on immigration in Chicago. The New York Times reported that agents are slated to go to New Orleans next.

Before he got a call this week from CNN about reports US Border Patrol agents might be headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, City Councilmember Malcolm Graham had no idea such a plan was even in the cards.

Senior White House aides have reportedly been disappointed with ICE and impressed by Border Patrol’s operations in Los Angeles and Chicago, including rappelling from helicopters and leaping from unmarked trucks during raids, and believe that same approach could reinvigorate ICE’s field offices.

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Key questions remain unanswered, including how many agents will be involved, what their mission entails, and how long the operation will last.

A federal agent enforcing Donald Trump’s violent mass deportations in Chicago bragged about shooting a woman in text messages to his fellow agents.