00:00We begin today with Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, who's joining us from Florida.
00:05Madam Secretary, thanks for being with us.
00:08Absolutely, Ed. Thank you for inviting me.
00:10Yes, well, we have a lot to discuss, so we want to start with this,
00:13because we've learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement's planning on expanding operations in the coming days to Chicago.
00:20When are those operations expected to start?
00:22And you said in recent days that you're using the recent deployments in Los Angeles as a model.
00:28What does that mean?
00:31Well, we've already had ongoing operations with ICE in Chicago and throughout Illinois and other states,
00:36making sure that we're upholding our laws.
00:38But we do intend to add more resources to those operations.
00:42I won't disclose the details, because they are law enforcement and investigative folks that are on the ground there,
00:48and I want to make sure we keep their security our number one priority.
00:52But we will continue to go after the worst of the worst across the country, like President Trump has told
00:57us to do,
00:57focusing on those that are perpetuating murder and rape and trafficking of drugs and humans across our country,
01:04knowing that every single citizen deserves to be safe.
01:07Part of what distinguished the Los Angeles operations, however, is that National Guard troops were there, in essence,
01:13protecting or backing up those federal agents as they conducted operations.
01:16Is that what we should expect to see in Chicago?
01:20You know, that always is a prerogative of President Trump and his decision.
01:25I won't speak to the specifics of the operations that are planned in other cities,
01:29but I do know that L.A. wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't taken action then.
01:34That city would have burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor of that state.
01:38And so the citizens who live there, the small business owners in downtown L.A.,
01:43they're thankful that President Trump came in with federal law enforcement officers
01:47and helped support keeping those streets open, keep their homes and businesses from burning down,
01:53and made sure the law and order was restored.
01:55I just want to clarify one thing.
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