US EditionHomeland Security Secretary Noem defends Trump’s hard-line immigration policies during tense hearing
Noem defended mass deportations as necessary for national security, citing 1.5 million voluntary departures, while facing protests and calls for resignation from Democrats.
- On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, which grew heated and included protests before she left early for a FEMA meeting critics say was canceled.
- Congress in July approved roughly $165 billion for DHS, fueling expanded enforcement with 10,000 deportation officers planned and a federal judge investigating flights to El Salvador.
- Ranking Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson pressed Noem, warning that `Black and brown Americans in particular, have been racially profiled, detained and locked up` while Noem insisted `We have never once detained or deported an American citizen` amid veterans' cases presented by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
- House Republicans tabled a Democratic motion to subpoena Noem and thanked her for her work, while a federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release after wrongful deportation.
- Detention and removals have risen sharply, sparking clashes in Los Angeles and Chicago and prompting more than 200 U.S. Catholic bishops to call for meaningful immigration reform last month.
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Noem faces Democrats' tough questions over immigration crackdown
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday for the annual hearing on threats to U.S. security. However, it quickly morphed into a showdown over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Democrats call for Noem's resignation Democrats went after Noem hard, calling for her resignation and raising questions about due process. At one point, she was even interrupted by a protester. Noem defen…
TDS breaks out as Kristi Noem leaves hearing holding grandbaby * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a fireside chat with Jonathan Hoffman at the National Security Study School at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) Congress suffered through a series of outbreaks of Trump Derangement Syndrome on Thursday when “crazed” protesters
Noem Stares Down Democrats: ‘We Will Never Yield’ On Trump’s Border Mandate
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem refused to apologize for the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown on Thursday, telling a hostile House panel that the mass deportation agenda is necessary to secure a nation still vulnerable to unknown threats. In her first appearance before Congress in months, Noem faced a chaotic scene. Protesters trailed her through […] Noem Stares Down Democrats: ‘We Will Never Yield’ On Trump’s Border…
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