Partway through answering questions Sunday during an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago, a man who appeared to be in federal custody briefly stopped talking when he recognized the man with the Texas accent asking the questions.

Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw has responded to Selena Gomez after the actress and singer posted a video in which she sobbed over deportations of undocumented migrants by the U.S.’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Television host "Dr. Phil" McGraw's viral ride-along with ICE agents is typical of the role influencers are likely to play in boosting the Trump administration’s messaging over the next four years.

Dr. Phil joined border czar Tom Homan and a team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they carried out deportation operations in Chicago.

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.

CHICAGO -- Former daytime talk-show host Phil McGraw, better known as “Dr. Phil,” rode along with immigration agents in Chicago on Sunday as they moved to enforce President Donald Trump’s recent immigration executive order.

Dr. Phil accompanied ICE during an operation on Sunday amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Top Trump administration officials visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement.

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

A man being taken into custody during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Chicago found himself suddenly face to face with Dr. Phil McGraw. The TV shrink recently joined ICE deportation raids in the windy city, which he then featured on Merit TV. As the man was being detained, he recognized McGraw, but wasn’t exactly starstruck.

Phil McGraw, the television host known as "Dr. Phil," embedded with ICE agents in Chicago to film raids as Trump ramps up deportations.