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Watch Live: Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem Talks Crime In Minneapolis

Kristi Noem is speaking Friday about ICE operations and immigration enforcement efforts in the Twin Cities.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is holding a press conference in Minneapolis on Friday to discuss immigration enforcement and crime in the Twin Cities.

Federal officials said the event will focus on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and what Noem called efforts to target "the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens" in Minnesota.

Demonstrators began arriving Friday afternoon outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis ahead of the news conference.

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