New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday (January 19) praised her department's law enforcement efforts in Minneapolis, claiming the arrest of over 10,000 "criminal illegal aliens" in recent weeks.

Noem made the remarks in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Noem said, 'PEACE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN MINNEAPOLIS! We have arrested over 10,000 criminal illegal aliens who were killing Americans, hurting children and reigning terror in Minneapolis because Tim Walz and Jacob Frey refuse to protect their own people and instead protect criminals,'" according to her post.

She added that in the last six weeks alone, DHS law enforcement apprehended "3,000 criminal illegal aliens including vicious murderers, rapis...