U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said this week she wants to beef up immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago region and purchase additional buildings in the area.

One of the buildings Noem appears to be interested in is a warehouse at 1900 S. 25th Ave. in west suburban Broadview. The warehouse is one block east of the existing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 Beach St.

A YouTuber embedded with Noem as she toured the Chicago region in early October posted a video of her walking through the interior of a warehouse the agency is considering purchasing, then climbing up to its rooftop. The building in the video appears to be identical to pictures of 1900 S. 25th Ave. that are in CoStar, a commercial real estate service. The 212,000-square

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