Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited Chicago on Aug. 8, drawing attention to how the city has responded to requests from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“In just the last seven months, ICE has issued over 1,664 detainers in Chicago alone. Unfortunately, Chicago and its leadership has only honored 8 percent of those,” she said during a press conference.
ICE’s detainers are requests to local law enforcement. Detainers ask those authorities to notify the agency of illegal aliens and to hold them for an additional 48 hours so ICE can enforce immigration law.
The Trump administration has repeatedly spotlighted Chicago in its efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking linked to the border….