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Homeland Security Secretary Noem defends Trump’s hard-line immigration policies during tense hearing

Kristi Noem defended Trump’s strict immigration enforcement at a contentious House hearing with protests and calls for her resignation amid scrutiny of deportation tactics.

  • 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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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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