In Springfield, Noem implores Pritzker to abandon sanctuary policies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : However, he was not turned over to ICE to be deported.
39% : She blamed Illinois's sanctuary policies that block the transfer of people in local police custody to federal immigration authorities.
27% : The results have been absolutely disastrous for people who live here," said Noem, who held up a binder of names and pictures of illegal immigrants whom Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been unable to get turned over from state and local police.
27% : Springfield became a national narrative in the 2024 presidential campaign when Trump claimed without offering proof that Haitian immigrants in the city were killing and eating household pets.
8% : "Unlike Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, Illinois follows the law," Pritzker wrote in a statement, but he did not explain why the state will not release illegal immigrants to ICE.

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