Kristi Noem: DHS Looking to Buy Base Properties in Chicago, Portland

The Department of Homeland Security is eyeing the purchase of buildings in Chicago and Portland that would be used as bases for expanded immigration enforcement operations and will keep pushing ahead in the cities, Secretary Kristi Noem said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting.

“We’re going to not back off,” she told President Donald Trump and her fellow Cabinet members. “In fact, we’re doubling down, and we’re going to be in more parts of Chicago in response to the people there.”

Noem said that she was in Chicago a few days ago and looked at some facilities “that we can deploy more law enforcement out of.”

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