Blue state governor vows 'resistance' as Trump admin targets sanctuary policies

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., promised President Donald Trump's medication "resistance" connected Wednesday pursuing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's migration property league adjacent the Governor's Mansion successful Springfield, Illinois. 

"Secretary Noem indispensable person not realized she was visiting during Latino Unity Day wherever we travel unneurotic to observe the vibrancy and diverseness of our community," Pritzker said successful a property release. "Today, Secretary Noem was met by a unit stronger than her: the radical of Illinois. Illinoisans are sending a wide connection to Trump's lackeys that we volition not fto you messiness with america without a resistance."

Noem hosted the Illinois property conference "to telephone out the state’s sanctuary policies that undermine the regularisation of instrumentality and endanger chap Americans," urging Pritzker and his chap Illinois Democrats to "abandon these unsafe sanctuary policies" and "return to instrumentality and order." 

Noem was joined by 2 "Angel Families," who had household members killed by amerciable immigrants successful Illinois. 

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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem hosted a property league connected migration adjacent Gov. J.B. Pritzker's location successful Springfield, Illinois. (Getty/AP)

Fox News reported astatine slightest 2 twelve protesters were shouting and holding up signs during Noem's property conference. Before the property league began, the determination was changed to the tract wherever a pistillate was allegedly killed by a noncitizen. 

"Unlike Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, Illinois follows the law," Pritzker fired backmost aft Noem's property conference. 

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While Noem raged against Pritzker's policies, the Illinois politician and imaginable 2028 statesmanlike contender, who has stood retired among the Democratic Party arsenic a vocal hostile to Trump's 2nd term, accused the Trump medication of violating owed process with their amerciable migration crackdown. 

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks connected astatine the Human Rights Campaign's 2025 Los Angeles Dinner held astatine Fairmont Century Plaza connected March 22, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

"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," Priztker said.

Pritzker continued his streak of speaking retired against the Trump medication arsenic their latest contention recovered its mode to his backyard connected Wednesday. 

"Trump-Noem publicity stunts bash not marque our communities safer oregon our migration strategy smarter," Pritzker said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits the Mariposa Port of Entry connected March 15, 2025 successful Nogales, Arizona. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ahead of Noem's visit, Pritzker trolled the Homeland Security caput successful an evident excavation for once sidesplitting a dog, arsenic outlined successful her publication released past twelvemonth erstwhile she was inactive the politician of South Dakota. 

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"We would impulse each favored owners successful the portion to marque definite each of your beloved animals are nether watchful extortion portion the Secretary is successful the region," Pritzker's bureau wrote successful a statement to reporters. 

The Department of Homeland Security responded to Pritzker's property merchandise successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "What’s unlawful and unconstitutional is Governor Pritzker’s sanctuary metropolis laws that embolden convulsive transgression amerciable aliens that victimize and termination Americans."

Fox News' Olivianna Calmes contributed to this report.