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Olivia Empson

Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

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Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem during a naturalization ceremony in Keystone, South Dakota. Photograph: Matt Gade/AP

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, called Chicago “a war zone” on Sunday after federal agents shot a woman and the governor of Illinois accused the administration of fueling the crisis rather than resolving it.

Speaking on Fox News Sunday morning, Noem took aim at the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s Ice raids and deployment of the national guard in Illinois, a measure he called “unhinged and unhealthy”.

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