Kristi Noem says no Americans have been detained in ICE sweeps. That’s false.

During a press conference about a Midwestern immigration enforcement operation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal agents have not detained U.S. citizens.

Chicago, the center of the effort dubbed Operation Midway Blitz, is the latest target in the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdown. Agents have arrested more than 3,000 people during the operation. Noem said the effort covers the area “that the field office is covering,” and local news outlets reported that the Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office also includes Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kentucky and Kansas.

“There’s no American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those that are here illegally” Noem said during the Oct. 30 press conference in Gary, Indiana. “And anything that you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting.”

Noem didn’t say whether she was referring to Operation Midway Blitz specifically or the nationwide immigration crackdown more broadly, and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to our questions about her statement.