Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to intensify enforcement efforts nationwide as Trump gets ready to deploy military forces to key U.S. cities.

In a discussion on ‘Face The Nation,’ Noem mentioned that the Department of Homeland Security is already conducting ‘active operations’ in Illinois and several other states targeting ‘the most dangerous individuals.’

‘We plan to allocate additional resources to these initiatives. However, specifics will remain confidential due to the presence of law enforcement and investigative teams on-site,’ Noem further explained.

‘We will continue to go after the worst of the worst across the country like President Trump as told us to do, focusing on those that are perpetuating murder and rape and trafficking of drugs and humans across our country.’ 

Under Noem’s leadership, Homeland Security is carrying the largest deportation operation in American history.  

Meanwhile, Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said a National Guard deployment to his state would be an ‘invasion’ from Donald Trump – despite six people being shot overnight in Chicago.

Previously, the president slammed Pritzker for being ‘weak and pathetic’ following six murders and two dozen shot in the Windy City. Another six people were hit with bullets in the early hours of Sunday morning near South State Street in Chicago.

‘Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Pritzker said Trump wants to send federal troops into major cities so that he can control the upcoming 2026 midterm elections

Trump launched his crime crackdown on DC earlier this month resulting in over 1,000 arrests

Noem vowed to increase DHS operations across the country to go after ‘the worst of the worst’

‘JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME ,’ Trump added.

‘He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA.’

As Trump weighs deploying armed troops into Chicago, Pritzker said the president’s sudden focus on inner city is all about increasing his power.

‘It’s clear that, in secret, they’re planning this — well, it’s an invasion with U.S. troops, if they, in fact, do that,’ Pritzker told CBS’ Ed O’Keefe during an interview on ‘Face The Nation’ released on Sunday.

Trump has deployed 2,000 National Guards and federalized the police all across Washington, DC in a crime crackdown he launched earlier this month

Pritzker claimed Trump has ‘other aims’ with federal troops that involve taking control of the upcoming midterm elections.

‘The other aims are that he’d like to stop the elections in 2026, or frankly take control of those elections,’ the governor told O’Feefe.

‘He’ll just claim that there’s some problem with an election and then he’s got troops on the ground that can take control if in fact he’s allowed to do this.’

Previously, Trump has sent federal agents and National Guard forces into Los Angeles in order to put anti-ICE protests without asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Trump has used crime crackdowns in major American cities to push forward his nationwide mass deportations for illegal immigrants.

Trump has suggested sending armed troops to other major American cities

According to the FBI, law enforcement in DC have made over 1,000 arrests since Trump started the crackdown.

Nearly half of all those arrested in the capital are illegal immigrants targeted and detained by Homeland Security.

Trump celebrated his DC crackdown over the weekend by stating the city ‘is virtually, in just 14 days, a CRIME FREE ZONE. The people living and working there are ecstatic!’

Along with Chicago, the president has suggested sending federal troops into other major American cities, such as New York, Baltimore, and Oakland.