DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Blasts Chicago Mayor, Illinois Gov. for Obstructing ICE | 8 Aug 2025 | U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ripped Chicago Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Democrat Governor JB Pritzker for their obstruction of federal immigration enforcement in a press conference in the Chicago area on Friday morning. Appearing in the nearby suburb of Lombard, Noem highlighted the arrests of four dangerous, criminal illegals, the seizure of hundreds of thousands of dollars from drug gangs, and the confiscation of a group of firearms that ICE and other federal law enforcement officers took off the streets in the days before Noem's trip to the Windy City... Noem went on to note that in just the last seven months, ICE has issued 16,064 detainers in Chicago and Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker have ignored all but a mere eight percent of them and have allowed these criminals to walk right back out onto Chicago's streets.