Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem kicked off her Springfield visit Wednesday with a photo op at a federal facility as agents fingerprinted two Guatemalan men marked for deportation. But her agency did not explain what public threat they posed, even as she blasted Illinois’ sanctuary policies.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will be the keynote speaker at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, the Coast Guard announced Thursday. The 144th Coast Guard Academy Comencement Excercises are scheduled to begin at 11 a.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to speak in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield this morning, a move that could draw several protestors. Her press conference is to “highlight how sanctuary policies in Illinois have unleashed violence on American citizens — including rape,