Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Kristi Noem criticizes Illinois leaders, cites ICE arrests, detainers and fentanyl seizure
Summary
Kristi Noem in public remarks criticized Illinois officials for what she called obstruction of federal immigration enforcement, repeated statistics on detainers and arrests, described a recent fentanyl seizure and outlined ICE staffing and enforcement priorities. No formal votes or policy actions were recorded in the remarks.
Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, criticized Illinois elected leaders on federal immigration enforcement and described recent enforcement actions and drug interdictions during public remarks in Illinois.
Noem said federal officers had worked without support from Illinois officials and highlighted several criminal cases federal immigration officers had recently handled. “We have had for 3 months in a row 0 illegal aliens entering The United States,” she said, and later described arrests of individuals she identified as “Hector Bonaparte,” “Jarvin Flores Santos,” “Waldemar Dubik” and “Dawn Gay Silas,” attributing their removal to ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) work. She also said ICE had issued 1,664 detainers in Chicago in the last seven months and that Chicago honored 8% of those detainers.
Noem said a 20-kilogram fentanyl seizure in Illinois was displayed during her remarks and described the quantity’s lethality: “That’s enough to kill 10000000 people,” she said. She also told the audience that ICE officers faced a “1000% increase in assaults against them” and that…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
