CHICAGO (WLS) -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will visit northwest Indiana Thursday, as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker calls on DHS to pause immigration arrests over Halloween weekend.

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Noem will give an update on recent immigration enforcement dubbed "Operation Midway Blitz," which Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino called "wildly successful" in an interview with ABC News earlier this week.

Noem will be joined by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun in Gary along with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons, among others.

Her visit has been met with some criticism, though, from other local northwest Indiana leaders.

Gary's Mayor Eddie Melton said his office was not involv

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