The governor also defended using some crass language against the president last month.
As "Operation Midway Blitz" is about to enter its third month, the Trump administration has no plans of slowing down its immigration enforcement, despite videos and lawsuits showing and accusing federal agents of aggressive and unlawful tactics. The president was asked if the agents have gone too far in a wide-ranging interview on "60 Minutes."
"No, I think they haven't gone far enough because we've been held back the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and Obama," Trump said.
Trump continues to insist his administration is going after the worst of the worst, even though the majority of people detained are not violent criminals.
President Trump also said he was OK with the tactics being used by Border Patrol and ICE.
"They are abusing people on the ground here. They're overstepping the boundaries of what civilian law enforcement are supposed to be doing. No one is holding them accountable, kind of shocking that the president doesn't understand that," Pritzker said.
At an unrelated event Monday, Pritzker said he didn't watch the interview. While the governor has consistently used harsh language to describe the Trump presidency, some say he may have taken his words too far during a speech at an Oct. 19 Illinois Federation of Teachers convention.
"And I'm sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can (expletive) all the way off," Pritzker said.
Pritzker received a standing ovation. The governor's choice words came after he strongly criticized the president's education policies.
On Monday, Pritzker defended the use of the word.
"It was a feeling I had in that moment. And frankly, I don't, I think you know: All the limits are off with Donald Trump as president in terms of what our reactions are to what he has to say. He uses that word," Pritzker said.
Pritzker says the word was the first thing to come to mind because he is so upset about what the governor calls Trump's abuse of public education students.