Politics & Government
Pritzker: Noem Should "No Longer Be Able To Step Foot" In Illinois Without Accountability Amid Reports Of Friday Visit
Tensions over "Operation Midway Blitz" and immigration raids in Chicago have escalated as ICE has stepped up raids across the area.
October 3, 2025 / 6:58 AM CDT
Gov. JB Pritzker said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "should no longer be able to step foot" in Illinois without accountability "for the Trump Administration's gross misconduct" amid reports she'll be here Friday.
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Tensions over "Operation Midway Blitz" and immigration raids in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs have escalated as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up raids and detentions across the area.
It has become particularly volatile around the makeshift ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, where community activists will be joined by elected officials for a 9 a.m. news conference Friday to demand transparency and removal of a fence that DHS erected around the facility without village permission, according to village officials.
