Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lambasted Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) for how she said he had “invited” criminal illegal immigrants to the state through sanctuary policies.

Standing down the block from where 24-year-old Emma Shafer was allegedly killed in July 2023 by illegal immigrant Gabriel Calixto Pichardo, Noem and more than a dozen elected officials and loved ones of crime victims sought to draw attention to the state’s immigration policies.