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Yeah, go ahead. >> i got him. i see him now. he's about five cars ahead of me. >> all right. billy, the vab set up, and we're at a good vantage point. >> okay. great. >> he's going inside the laundromat now. he's going to go get it. they're going to make the exchange right now. there he is, there he is. he's walking out of the building. he just exchanged something with a gentleman who's still in the window. >> the exchange is already made. everything's done. so come back over. >> their target is a middle man who carries photos and i.d.s back and forth between customers and the i.d. ring. the n...

You pay for your i.d. they always recommend a photo place, as well. each person will make over 2,000, $2,000 every day. yeah. seven days a week. >> with an estimated quarter million illegal immigrants living in the chicago area, there's no shortage of customers. yet, many of them choose to ignore where their money is really going. >> we'll have your guy go get the cards with them, bring them back and meet pat somewhere else. >> we're trying to create a conspiracy and try to get as many players that are involved as possible.

>> uh-huh. >> he says when he walked down 26th street, they got people just kind of flashing. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> davis is in pursuit of a counterfeit ring that sells fake green cards and drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. it's one of many local i.d. rings that, all together, reap millions in profits. >> what they'll do is this is the universal sign for mica which is like license or i.d. >> he's got the help of mexican born informants on the street and inside the jail, including this man who we'll call joaquin. he says what happens is you give them a picture, and they go, i...

Cards. it's a market cornered by the gangs of little village on chicago's southwest side. criminal intelligence unit investigator mike davis is on the trail of one i.d. ring in particular. as he gathers intel from a jailhouse informant, he launches a sting operation with the cook county sheriff's advice squad that same week. they'll use street informants in order to make contact with the i.d. ring. maybe we can do a loose tail on him. he said follow me. same thing we're saying right now. yeah, yeah, okay. right now we're probably about a mile away from the jail. it's a straight shot. it's 26th...

>> all right, billy, the van is set up and we're at a good vantage point. >> okay, great. >> he's going inside the laundromat now. he's going to go get it. they're going to make the exchange right now. there he is, there he is. he's walking out of the building. he just exchanged something with a gentleman who's still in the window. >> the exchange is already made. everything's done. so come back over. >> their target is a middle man who carries photos and i.d.s back and forth between customers and the i.d. ring. the next step is to track down the people that actually print the i.d.s. and then ...