Blue state governor in hot seat after parents harmed by sanctuary policies lash out: 'Gut punch'

Families who mislaid loved ones to crimes committed by those successful the state illegally took purpose astatine sanctuary policies successful Illinois and crossed the state astatine a property league with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Wednesday.

Among the speakers was Jim Walden, an Illinois nonmigratory who mislaid his son, Jimmy, respective years agone successful a motorcycle incidental portion Jimmy was stationed successful Maryland.

"My lad was serving successful the United States Marine Corps successful the intel field. He worked for the National Security Agency. Jimmy was 21 years old," Walden said.

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Illinois begetter Jim Walden took purpose astatine Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker implicit the state's migration policies May 7, 2025.  (Department of Homeland Security; Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

"He was deed and killed by his motorcycle by an amerciable that the authorities of Maryland admitted they knew was amerciable 5 years earlier helium killed my son. And successful that five-year period, they had had him successful jailhouse 5 times. He was convicted of home unit and enactment connected probation, and helium was illegal. He would person been 30 years aged yesterday.

"For our politician to get connected nationalist tv and accidental that he's gonna basal up and support these radical is simply a gut punch to anybody that's mislaid one," Walden said of Gov. JB Pritzker.

"I conscionable telephone connected Gov. Pritzker to beryllium a existent politician and basal by the national laws and deport each 1 of them, each one. I don't attraction if they're 2 oregon 20 oregon 80. Send them back. We person a way to citizenship. It's called the naturalization process."

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a property league astatine the UI Health Mile Square Health Center Feb. 28, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Noem said she did the property league determination astatine the "direction of President Trump contiguous to gully attraction to the unsafe policies of Illinois and the Illinois politician and what helium has perpetuated arsenic acold arsenic unit and criminality against his citizens present successful this state." 

President Donald Trump precocious issued an enforcement bid asking DHS and the Department of Justice to dainty "sanctuary jurisdictions" arsenic states and localities that could suffer national funding.

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"Springfield needs attraction specifically due to the fact that of the victims that person been here, but besides due to the fact that of the laws that travel retired of this metropolis that interaction the full authorities that is protecting amerciable criminals and not prioritizing American citizens and the citizens of this large state," the caput added.

She besides noted that the determination of the lawsuit had a peculiar meaning. 

"But we're lasting present connected this artifact contiguous due to the fact that this is the artifact wherever a young pistillate was killed conscionable a mates of houses distant from here. Emma Shafer was brutally stabbed and murdered by an amerciable alien who was released into the United States by the Biden administration," Noem explained.

Pritzker called the lawsuit a "publicity stunt" and took purpose astatine the administration's immigration policies.

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Hector Garza, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), speaks arsenic President Donald Trump and NBPC Vice President Art Del Cueto, right, perceive during a astonishment sojourn to the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Jan. 3, 2018, successful Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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"Unlike Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, Illinois follows the law," Pritzker said successful a connection astir Noem’s visit. "The Trump medication is violating the United States Constitution, denying radical owed process and disappearing law-abiding neighbors, including children who are U.S. citizens. Yet, they are taking nary existent enactment to beforehand nationalist information and deport convulsive criminals wrong the wide and defined ineligible process.

"Trump-Noem publicity stunts bash not marque our communities safer oregon our migration strategy smarter. Illinois doesn’t request to maltreatment powerfulness oregon disregard the Constitution to support our radical safe. Like the millions of Americans asking for sensible, humane migration reform, I promote the caput to walk little clip performing for Fox News and much clip protecting the homeland."