Noem to face House committee after grilling from senators on immigration crackdown

Much of DHS remains unopen down amid a standoff betwixt Democrats and Republicans implicit however to betterment migration agencies.

In summation to ICE and CBP, DHS besides oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and different components. Workers who proceed to execute their jobs during the partial shutdown began missing paychecks successful caller days. 

During her grounds Tuesday, Noem criticized Democrats for failing to enactment authorities to money DHS, calling it "reckless" and "unnecessary."

"It harms the men and women who enactment astatine DHS and their families," she said. 

The backing lapse began connected Feb. 14. And though Democrats and the White House person been trading proposals for reforms successful caller weeks, an imminent breakthrough has appeared acold off. 

The House is acceptable to ballot aboriginal this week connected a measurement to money the section arsenic GOP leaders enactment to enactment unit connected Democrats. But Democrats haven't expressed willingness to alteration their position. A akin effort failed successful the Senate past week.  

The Trump administration's migration crackdown has remained funded contempt the shutdown, since ICE and CBP received an influx of funds arsenic portion of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act past year. 

Noem accused Senate Democrats of holding the section "hostage," and said captious functions are "strained."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem takes her spot to attest astatine a Senate Judiciary Committee proceeding connected oversight of the Department of Homeland Security successful Washington, D.C., connected March 3, 2026. Mandel NGAN /AFP via Getty Images

Noem's grounds Wednesday comes aft she appeared earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee connected Tuesday, wherever she ran into aggravated disapproval from Democrats and a brace of Republicans.

While the bulk of GOP senators offered enactment for the administration's migration enforcement operation, GOP Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana and Thom Tillis of North Carolina critiqued the DHS secretary.

Kennedy questioned Noem astir the determination to walk millions of dollars connected tv advertisements that diagnostic her prominently, on with her comments linking Alex Pretti and Renee Good to domestic terrorism. But it was Tillis' speech with Noem that was the astir striking. 

Tillis heavily criticized the DHS secretary for her handling of migration enforcement, utilizing his allotted clip for a "performance evaluation," alternatively than a enactment of questioning. 

"What we've seen is simply a catastrophe nether your leadership," helium said. Tillis threatened to artifact the Trump administration's nominees and bring Senate concern to a halt until Noem answers his questions and addresses concerns astir stonewalling investigations.

Democrats mostly focused connected the Minnesota crackdown and the fatal shootings of Pretti and Good. Given aggregate opportunities to apologize for her comments astir home coercion soon aft their deaths, Noem declined. She expressed her condolences for their families and pledged to "continue mundane to get up and to enactment hard to springiness everybody factual information."

As Noem is acceptable to attest earlier the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, including astir the Minneapolis migration crackdown, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is testifying earlier different committee connected Capitol Hill.

The House Oversight Committee volition perceive grounds from Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison successful a proceeding concerning Minnesota fraud astatine 9 a.m.

Ellison testified astatine a Senate hearing that besides featured grounds from the leaders of ICE, CBP and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services past month. That proceeding focused connected the caller surge of agents to the state, arsenic some sides pointed fingers astatine the different for mishandling of the concern successful Minnesota. 

Sen. Tillis scolds Noem for enactment "disaster," brings up her sidesplitting canine and goat

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