Overview

• During an Aug. 8 press conference in Lombard, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem faulted Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson for honoring only 8 percent of the 16,064 ICE detainers issued in Chicago over the past seven months
• She highlighted four recent arrests of noncitizens with convictions for violent crimes—ranging from predatory sexual assault to attempted murder—and showcased seizures of firearms, cash and fentanyl
• Noem announced a plan to add 1,000 immigration detention beds in Speedway, Indiana, under the Trump administration’s revived federal program funded by the “Big Beautiful Bill”
• Illinois officials defended their sanctuary framework under the 2017 TRUST Act—upheld by a federal judge as a valid exercise of Tenth Amendment rights—and said local law enforcement will not serve as a tool for mass deportations
• Roughly 100 protesters gathered outside the DHS field office in Lombard carrying signs for due process and chanting against increased ICE raids