Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rejected a request from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to pause immigration raids on Halloween so children can trick-or-treat in peace, dismissing concerns over the psychological and physical trauma children are being subjected to.

Pritzker sent a letter to Noem Wednesday asking for the so-called “Operation Midway Blitz” operation in his state to be paused.

“No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick-or-treating in their own neighborhood,” Pritzker wrote in the letter.

That was a reference to an incident that occurred Saturday in a residential neighborhood in Northwest Chicago. Illinois state Sen. Graciela Guzman said that, after she responded to reports of a citizen being detained by Immigration and Customs Enfor

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