Dec 11 WATCH: Noem defends Trump immigration policy in House hearing on security threats By Rebecca Santana, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defiantly defended the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies on Thursday during a House committee hearing, portraying migrants as a major threat faced by the nation that justifies a crackdown that has seen widespread arrests, deportations… Continue reading
Oct 24 WATCH: Noem warns National Guard could be deployed after truck-ramming incident in San Francisco By Associated Press Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Friday that her department won’t tolerate violence like the truck that rammed into a Coast Guard station in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday night. Continue reading
Oct 15 A Kristi Noem video blames Democrats for the shutdown. Some airports are refusing to play it for being too political By Adriana Gomez Licon, Rio Yamat, Associated Press Airports in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Phoenix, Seattle and more say the video's political content goes against their policies or regulations prohibiting political messaging in their facilities. Continue reading
Sep 24 What we know so far about the deadly Dallas ICE facility shooting By Joshua Barajas Two people were killed and one other was critically injured after a gunman opened fire Wednesday on a Dallas facility run by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said. Continue reading
Sep 08 Noem says immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia won't deter investment in the U.S. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Noem says the detainees would be deported and the raid shows companies the importance of companies following U.S. laws. Continue reading
Sep 05 Judge blocks DHS from ending temporary legal status for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians By Janie Har, Associated Press The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco for the plaintiffs means 600,000 Venezuelans whose temporary protections expired in April or whose protections were about to expire Sept. 10 have status to stay and work in the… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Noem, Bondi discuss plans for ICE detention facility in notorious Louisiana prison By Sara Cline, Associated Press Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 31 Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that the Trump administration will soon expand immigration operations in Chicago, confirming plans for a stepped up presence of federal agents in the nation's third-largest city as President Donald Trump continues to… Continue reading
Aug 27 Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press More than 180 current and former FEMA employees signed the letter sent to the FEMA Review Council and Congress on Monday critiquing recent cuts to agency staff and programs, and warning that FEMA's capacity to respond to a major disaster… Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks out before being detained by ICE in Baltimore By Brian Witte, Ben Finley, Associated Press "This administration has hit us hard, but I want to tell you guys something: God is with us, and God will never leave us,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator. “God will bring justice to all the injustice we… Continue reading