Illinois Gov. Pritzker Accused Of 'insulting' Ice With Sanctuary Policies As Noem, Angel Families Protest

Border czar Tom Homan slammed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for nan state's sanctuary policies protecting forbidden immigrants, arguing he has lied connected nan rumor aft Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem protested alongside Angel families demanding change. 

Homan accused Pritzker of lying astir nan state's policies addressing forbidden migration during "Fox & Friends," alleging officials successful Chicago – a migrant hotbed – garbage to activity pinch national officials to get vulnerable criminals disconnected nan streets. 

"He continues to dishonesty astir sanctuary metropolis position successful nan state, successful Chicago especially," Homan told Lawrence Jones connected Thursday. "One of nan first places I went to aft President Trump took nan oath of agency was Chicago. And nan first day, we arrested for illustration 9 TdA members."

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"We arrested 2 forbidden aliens that were convicted of murder, that were stepping nan streets," he added. "We arrested, I think, six aliases 7 kid predators, kid rapists successful Chicago, and these group are each stepping nan thoroughfare because… Cook County jail, 1 of nan biggest jails successful nan nation, won't judge ICE detainers. They won't activity pinch ICE."

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem led a property convention alongside Angel families connected Wednesday adjacent nan governor's mansion to spotlight nan sanctuary position of nan state, and to telephone connected the potential statesmanlike candidate to "abandon" nan "dangerous" approach. 

Secretary Kristi Noem holds a property convention alongside Angel families, demanding Illinois Gov. Pritzker extremity sanctuary policies protecting forbidden immigrants.  ('Fox & Friends' screengrab)

She held nan presser astatine nan tract wherever Emma Shafer, 24, was stabbed to decease by Grabriel Calixto Pichardo, 25, an illegal migrant who is wanted connected 3 first-degree execution charges and an aggravated home artillery charge. Pichardo was reportedly making love Shafer astatine nan clip of nan murder. 

Noem was besides joined by nan family members of Denny McCann and Jimmy Walden, who some mislaid their lives to forbidden migrant crime. 

"I'm calling connected Governor Pritzker and each nan different leaders of this authorities to wantonness their vulnerable sanctuary policies," Noem said. "People who support sanctuary policies talk astir emotion and compassion. Well, where's nan compassion for nan families that guidelines down me?"

"I conscionable telephone connected Governor Pritzker to beryllium a existent politician and guidelines by nan national laws and deport each 1 of them, each one," an Angel family personnel said. "I don't attraction if they're 2 aliases 20 aliases 80, nonstop them back."

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Pritzker issued a connection successful consequence to nan press conference, accusing nan Trump management of violating nan Constitutional correct of owed process. 

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a property convention astatine nan UI Health Mile Square Health Center connected Feb. 28, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"Unlike Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, Illinois follows nan law," he said. "The Trump Administration is violating nan United States Constitution, denying group owed process, and disappearing law-abiding neighbors - including children who are U.S. citizens. Yet, they are taking nary existent action to beforehand nationalist information and deport convulsive criminals wrong nan clear and defined ineligible process."

Homan pushed backmost connected Pritzker's claims, calling his remarks "insulting" to nan men and women who activity to trim forbidden migration and fastener up convulsive criminals. 

"It's insulting to nan men and women of ICE, insulting to men and women of nan Board Patrol," Homan said. "President Trump's been clear from time one. We're going to ore connected nationalist information threats and nationalist information threats. I conscionable listed to you, successful 1 day, what we took disconnected nan streets of Chicago."

"I'm sick and tired of proceeding astir deporting U.S. national children," he continued. "We deported forbidden aliens who had a U.S. national child, that requested nan kid spell pinch her. The mother wanted her kid to spell pinch her. So we did arsenic nan mother wished. That's parenting 101. If we wouldn't person done it, past nan communicative would beryllium we're separating families. We're trying to support families together."

Fox News' Preston Mizell contributed to this report. 

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