Pritzker calls for ICE pause over Halloween weekend
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The Secretary of Homeland Security suggested that immigration officers will be in full force in Illinois on Friday night.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that immigration enforcement operations will be working in “full force” in Chicago on Halloween. In an interview on Fox News’s “America Reports,” Noem rejected a request from Illinois Gov.
At a briefing on Trump’s Midway Blitz immigration crackdown, Noem said calls for her agents to pause operations through Halloween were "shameful."
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has urged ICE Barbie Kristi Noem to let kids enjoy the Halloween holiday and stop the clampdown on migrants. He wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Noem “respectfully requesting” the suspension of citywide operations from Friday through Sunday, “so children can safely celebrate Halloween.”