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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Visits Chicago Area Tuesday, Dozens Arrested Since Start of 'Operation Midway Blitz'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited Chicago during intensified immigration enforcement, including arrests linked to Operation Midway Blitz honoring a local hit-and-run victim.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the Chicago area to observe a new push of Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement, departing shortly before 10 a.m.
- The Department of Homeland Security says the operation aims to target 'criminal illegal aliens' and blames Illinois sanctuary laws, to honor Katie Abraham, a Chicago woman killed earlier this year.
- According to agency updates, the surge began on September 6 with 250 people taken into custody, and video posted by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem matched an Elgin, Illinois raid 42 miles northwest of Chicago.
- Detainees are being moved to detention centers in Indiana and Wisconsin, as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and immigrant advocates criticize the operations and call for transparency. Legal challenges and court backlogs have constrained enforcement, delaying deportations.
- Recruitment offers and bonuses such as a $50,000 signing bonus aim to attract more than 18,000 tentative job offers amid over 150,000 applicants, while DHS plans to expand detention capacity.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently has made tentative job offers to more than 18,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) applicants. This follows earlier ICE reports that more than 150,000 people have applied to work with the agency. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a release that "Americans are answering their country's call to serve and help remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists, and gang members from ou…
Noem in Chicago as ICE Targets Illegal Immigrants
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in the Chicago area Tuesday morning as federal agents carried out a sweeping immigration crackdown dubbed Operation Midway Blitz, wrote on social media that the moves are well on their way.
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