Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to push forward with more crackdowns ‘across the country’ as Trump prepares to send troops into major American cities.
During an interview on ‘Face The Nation,’ Noem revealed that DHS has ‘ongoing operations’ across Illinois and other states to go after ‘the worst of the worst.’
‘We do intend to add more resources to those operations. I won’t disclose the details because there are law enforcement and investigative folk on the ground,’ Noem added.
‘We will continue to go after the worst of the worst across the country like President Trump as told us to do, focusing on those that are perpetuating murder and rape and trafficking of drugs and humans across our country.’
Under Noem’s leadership, Homeland Security is carrying the largest deportation operation in American history.
Meanwhile, Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said a National Guard deployment to his state would be an ‘invasion’ from Donald Trump – despite six people being shot overnight in Chicago.
Previously, the president slammed Pritzker for being ‘weak and pathetic’ following six murders and two dozen shot in the Windy City. Another six people were hit with bullets in the early hours of Sunday morning near South State Street in Chicago.
‘Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Pritzker said Trump wants to send federal troops into major cities so that he can control the upcoming 2026 midterm elections
Trump launched his crime crackdown on DC earlier this month resulting in over 1,000 arrests
Noem vowed to increase DHS operations across the country to go after ‘the worst of the worst’
‘JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME ,’ Trump added.
‘He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA.’
As Trump weighs deploying armed troops into Chicago, Pritzker said the president’s sudden focus on inner city is all about increasing his power.
‘It’s clear that, in secret, they’re planning this — well, it’s an invasion with U.S. troops, if they, in fact, do that,’ Pritzker told CBS’ Ed O’Keefe during an interview on ‘Face The Nation’ released on Sunday.
Trump has deployed 2,000 National Guards and federalized the police all across Washington, DC in a crime crackdown he launched earlier this month
Pritzker claimed Trump has ‘other aims’ with federal troops that involve taking control of the upcoming midterm elections.
‘The other aims are that he’d like to stop the elections in 2026, or frankly take control of those elections,’ the governor told O’Feefe.
‘He’ll just claim that there’s some problem with an election and then he’s got troops on the ground that can take control if in fact he’s allowed to do this.’
Previously, Trump has sent federal agents and National Guard forces into Los Angeles in order to put anti-ICE protests without asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Trump has used crime crackdowns in major American cities to push forward his nationwide mass deportations for illegal immigrants.
Trump has suggested sending armed troops to other major American cities
According to the FBI, law enforcement in DC have made over 1,000 arrests since Trump started the crackdown.
Nearly half of all those arrested in the capital are illegal immigrants targeted and detained by Homeland Security.
Trump celebrated his DC crackdown over the weekend by stating the city ‘is virtually, in just 14 days, a CRIME FREE ZONE. The people living and working there are ecstatic!’
Along with Chicago, the president has suggested sending federal troops into other major American cities, such as New York, Baltimore, and Oakland.