Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has pledged to intensify crackdowns nationwide as President Trump plans to deploy troops to major U.S. cities.
In an interview on ‘Face The Nation,’ Noem mentioned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ongoing operations in Illinois and other states aimed at targeting the most dangerous individuals.
She stated, “We plan to allocate more resources to these operations. Specific details will remain undisclosed, as we have law enforcement and investigators actively engaged on the ground.”
Noem emphasized the focus on combating those involved in severe crimes such as murder, rape, and drug and human trafficking, as directed by President Trump.
Under Noem’s leadership, Homeland Security is carrying the largest deportation operation in American history.
In contrast, Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker has criticized the potential deployment of the National Guard to his state as an ‘invasion’ by Donald Trump, even though six people were shot in Chicago overnight.
Previously, President Trump criticized Pritzker’s response as ‘weak and pathetic’ after multiple murders and shootings occurred in Chicago, with another six shootings reported early Sunday morning near South State Street.
‘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.
