CHICAGO — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be in the Chicago area Friday.

Noem is scheduled to host a press conference at 10 a.m. at the Homeland Security Investigations field office in Lombard.

Earlier this week, Noem trumpeted a new state partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana. She said would add 1,000 detention beds for immigrants facing deportation under a revived federal program.

On social media, DHS also posted an altered image of a race car emblazoned with “ICE,” short for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The IndyCar-style vehicle is shown rolling past a barbed-wire prison wall.

“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer,” Noem said, likening it to the controversial facility built in the Florida Ever

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