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Noem’s conference unfolded around 10 a.m. at the Homeland Security Investigations field office in Lombard.
Noem used her Friday address to discuss a number of topics relating to the administration’s deportation efforts. She also used the opportunity to bash the state for its sanctuary status.
Security was tight for the press conference where Secretary Noem showed off some of the seizures in recent raids in the Chicago area, including guns, drugs and $100,000 in cash.
Noem also announced the arrest of four undocumented people who she said are accused of various crimes, some of them violent and others involving sex crimes against children.
But Noem’s Illinois stop did not come without protests. Across the street, Illinois residents and immigrant rights activists gathered to speak out against her visit.
Nome’s visit comes not long after the announcement of a new state partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana, which would add 1,000 detention beds for immigrants facing deportation under a revived federal program.
On social media, DHS also posted an altered image of a race car emblazoned with “ICE,” short for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The IndyCar-style vehicle is shown rolling past a barbed-wire prison wall.
“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer,” Noem said, likening it to the controversial facility built in the Florida Everglades. She added the new partnership will “help remove the worst of the worst out of our country.”
However, the Indiana deal doesn’t involve construction.
Federal funds will be used for space at the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, roughly 75 miles (120.7 kilometers) north of Indianapolis. The prison’s total capacity is 3,100 beds, of which 1,200 are not filled, according to Indiana Department of Correction spokeswoman Annie Goeller.
Friday’s news conference can be viewed in the video player below.
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