Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem hosted a press conference on immigration near Gov. J.B. Pritzker's home in Springfield, Illinois. (Getty/AP) (AP/Getty)
"Secretary Noem went to Springfield, Illinois to join Angel families to call for the end of dangerous sanctuary city policies under J.B. Pritzker and bring attention to an at-large illegal alien murderer who has been evading justice for two years for the stabbing of Emma Shafer."
As protesters shouted outside Pritzker’s mansion, Noem’s presser was held at the site where Emma Shafer, 24, was stabbed to death by Grabriel Calixto Pichardo, 25, an illegal migrant who is wanted on three first-degree murder charges and an aggravated domestic battery charge. Pichardo was reportedly dating Shafer at the time of the murder.
Noem was also joined by the "Angel families" of Denny McCann and Jimmy Walden, who both lost their lives to illegal migrant crime.
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McCann was crossing the street on foot when he was hit, killed, and dragged down the road by Saul Chavez, an illegal immigrant who was drunk driving. Chavez was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI, but disappeared for 11 years after being released on bond. He wasn’t apprehended until 2022.
migrants and Kristi Noem (Carlos A. Moreno/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images), left, ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images, right.)
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"Illinoisans are sending a clear message to Trump’s lackeys that we will not let you mess with us without a resistance," Pritzker concluded.
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