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Noem pressed to apologize by Klobuchar for labeling Good, Pretti as domestic terrorists
Noem defended labeling two protesters killed by federal agents as domestic terrorists, citing chaotic scenes and agent reports amid ongoing scrutiny of DHS immigration tactics.
- At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill, Sen. Dick Durbin pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to retract her labeling of Alex Pretti and Renee Good as domestic terrorists.
- The deaths of Renee Good, Minneapolis resident , and Alex Pretti, Minnesota resident , sparked nationwide protests after Noem and others labelled them 'extremist aggressors' before investigations, but video and eyewitness accounts later challenged DHS's claims.
- Noem said the scene was chaotic and she relied on agent reports, telling senators, 'The situation on the ground that day was chaotic,' while Sen. Dick Durbin and others said sworn ICE and CBP officials denied labeling Pretti a domestic terrorist.
- Durbin pressed for an apology and retraction as Democrats filed articles of impeachment and withheld DHS funding, and about 650 federal agents remain in Minnesota, down from about 3,000 in January.
- Noem is scheduled to appear Wednesday as a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows about 60% of Americans think immigration agents have gone too far.
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Washington. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem was harshly criticized yesterday by Democrats and Republicans during a hearing before the Senate Judicial Committee about President Donald Trump’s government offensive against immigrants. The official refused to apologize for calling citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti “terrorists” murdered by federal agents in Minnesota.
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Noem blames 'violent protesters' for Minneapolis chaos
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department's immigration enforcement tactics in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday and pushed back against criticism from Democrats who say she wrongly disparaged two protesters killed by federal officers in…
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