U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem used a visit to the Chicago area on Friday to criticize Illinois politicians, blasting Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson at a press conference

Kristi Noem, speaking in a Chicago suburb Friday, said city officials have only approved 8% percent of the detainers immigration enforcement has lodged in the region since the beginning of the year. A detainer is generally a request by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to another law enforcement agency to alert them before a suspected immigrant is released from a jail or hold them so ICE can get there to pick them up.

Kristi Noem, whose office oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), visited suburban Lombard on Friday to criticize Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, whom he claimed have “worked so hard to protect these dangerous criminals” through their refusal to cooperate with ICE officials.