Kristi Noem personally joined an ICE raid in Chicago. They arrested two U.S. citizen by mistake. They were woken up by their front door being blown off.

Multiple credible sources confirm that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was physically present during ICE operations in the Chicago metropolitan area, specifically in Elgin and surrounding suburbs, as part of a broader enforcement effort called "Operation Midway Blitz. " Videos and reports show Noem boarding ICE vehicles and posting footage of arrests. Several sources report that two apparent U.S. Citizens were among those detained but later released, indicating mistaken arrests.

One detailed account describes a man named Michael Tucker being woken up by a loud bang as agents forcibly entered his home by breaking through doors, consistent with the claim about doors being blown off. While the exact phrasing "front door being blown off" is not explicitly confirmed, the description of forced entry with loud banging and door breaching aligns closely with this claim. The reports do not indicate any direct harm to the mistakenly arrested citizens beyond the distress of the raid.

The presence of Noem at these raids is well documented, as is the occurrence of mistaken arrests involving U.S. Citizens during these operations.