But this press conference wasnât only about taking illegal alien criminals off the streets.
It was also about seizing the poison that fuels the cartels and injects cash into their criminal operations.
Noem announced that her team had already taken a whopping 20 kilograms of fentanyl, which is over 44 pounds.
Insane.
âI want you to look at the contraband thatâs in front of me.â
On the table were large bags filled with the deadly fentanyl, cash that had been seized, and illegal guns.
âWe have 20 kilograms of fentanyl thatâs in front of me on this table.â
She then explained what this could have done to Americans if left on the streets.
âThatâs enough to kill 10 million people.â
âHere out of this office this was interdicted just days ago here in Illinois and because these federal officers have been on the streets picking up criminals and dangerous individuals, we were able to take this 20 kilograms of fentanyl off the streets and save over 10 million lives.â
Noem said that DHS and HSI are working alone, and elected officials in Chicago and the state of Illinois have gone out of their way NOT to assist them in making their city or state safe.
âUnfortunately, all of the politicians that have spoken out against their efforts, their will, their desire appears to be that they would like to have more of this on their streets.â
âMore drugs out there for their kids and families to be victimized, more guns out there committing crimes. Thatâs not the work we do in ICE.â
âThe work that we do is to protect people and make sure we remove these weapons and drugs off of our streets and hold those criminals accountable who would go forward and continue to use that to harm individuals.â