Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasted Illinois officials Friday after she and her staff were “blocked” from entering a Chicago area government building while visiting an ICE facility that has been the focus of fiery protests for weeks. Noem, 53, posted video on social media showing her team outside the Village of Broadview Municipal Building, about 12 miles west of downtown Chicago, after they asked to use the bathroom. She tied the moment to a broader complaint about how the state treats federal agents.

“We were stopping for a quick bathroom break,” the DHS chief wrote on X . She added that the building is public and that “The Village of Broadview receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year.” In the same post she tore into Gov. JB Pritzker, saying, “This is how

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