Watch the most viral moments as Kristi Noem’s hearing goes off the rails
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sparred with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown — a long-awaited hearing that comes as the agency has come under scrutiny in recent months for its hardliner immigration enforcement effort, and the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.
The department's handling of the Minnesota unrest has placed Noem and ICE officers squarely in Democrats' crosshairs in recent weeks, and has prompted Democrats — and two Senate Republicans — to call for Noem to resign.
The hours-long hearing comes as the Senate remains deadlocked on a plan to fully fund DHS through September. Democrats in the chamber previously outlined a list of 10 demands they said immigration officers must meet before they would agree to pass the short-term funding measures. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and others have criticized Noem for asking them to fully fund DHS despite the weeks that passed between the two ICE shootings in Minnesota and Noem's testimony. She "expects us to rubber stamp her record-breaking budget in the meantime," Durbin said previously.
Meanwhile, Republicans and Noem used the hearing Tuesday to warn of the knockdown effects the partial shutdown has had on the myriad federal departments and agencies housed under DHS's sprawling umbrella — including the Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and U.S. Coast Guard, among others.
Here are the biggest moments from Tuesday's hearing.
'YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!': PROTESTER DRAGGED FROM KRISTI NOEM'S SENATE HEARING
Noem focused her ire during Tuesday's hearing on Senate Democrats, whom she blamed for failing to keep DHS funded through September, even after the House passed a bipartisan, full-year funding bill.
"Despite the House passing a bipartisan, bicameral, full-year DHS funding bill, it is Senate Democrats who have chosen not to fund the department and have held this department hostage," Noem said Tuesday, going on to list critical national security efforts that could be hampered as the result of a protracted shutdown — including, but not limited to, issues of border security, immigration enforcement, aviation security, disaster response, cybersecurity, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
She also cited the impact the agency-wide shutdown has on DHS's sprawling employees, which include some 22 federal departments and agencies housed under a single umbrella.
"More than 100,000 dedicated DHS employees are once again being asked …
Same show, different day.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sparred with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown — a long-awaited hearing that comes as the agency has come under scrutiny in recent months for its hardliner immigration enforcement effort, and the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.
The department's handling of the Minnesota unrest has placed Noem and ICE officers squarely in Democrats' crosshairs in recent weeks, and has prompted Democrats — and two Senate Republicans — to call for Noem to resign.
The hours-long hearing comes as the Senate remains deadlocked on a plan to fully fund DHS through September. Democrats in the chamber previously outlined a list of 10 demands they said immigration officers must meet before they would agree to pass the short-term funding measures. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and others have criticized Noem for asking them to fully fund DHS despite the weeks that passed between the two ICE shootings in Minnesota and Noem's testimony. She "expects us to rubber stamp her record-breaking budget in the meantime," Durbin said previously.
Meanwhile, Republicans and Noem used the hearing Tuesday to warn of the knockdown effects the partial shutdown has had on the myriad federal departments and agencies housed under DHS's sprawling umbrella — including the Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and U.S. Coast Guard, among others.
Here are the biggest moments from Tuesday's hearing.
'YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!': PROTESTER DRAGGED FROM KRISTI NOEM'S SENATE HEARING
Noem focused her ire during Tuesday's hearing on Senate Democrats, whom she blamed for failing to keep DHS funded through September, even after the House passed a bipartisan, full-year funding bill.
"Despite the House passing a bipartisan, bicameral, full-year DHS funding bill, it is Senate Democrats who have chosen not to fund the department and have held this department hostage," Noem said Tuesday, going on to list critical national security efforts that could be hampered as the result of a protracted shutdown — including, but not limited to, issues of border security, immigration enforcement, aviation security, disaster response, cybersecurity, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
She also cited the impact the agency-wide shutdown has on DHS's sprawling employees, which include some 22 federal departments and agencies housed under a single umbrella.
"More than 100,000 dedicated DHS employees are once again being asked …
Watch the most viral moments as Kristi Noem’s hearing goes off the rails
Same show, different day.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sparred with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown — a long-awaited hearing that comes as the agency has come under scrutiny in recent months for its hardliner immigration enforcement effort, and the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.
The department's handling of the Minnesota unrest has placed Noem and ICE officers squarely in Democrats' crosshairs in recent weeks, and has prompted Democrats — and two Senate Republicans — to call for Noem to resign.
The hours-long hearing comes as the Senate remains deadlocked on a plan to fully fund DHS through September. Democrats in the chamber previously outlined a list of 10 demands they said immigration officers must meet before they would agree to pass the short-term funding measures. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and others have criticized Noem for asking them to fully fund DHS despite the weeks that passed between the two ICE shootings in Minnesota and Noem's testimony. She "expects us to rubber stamp her record-breaking budget in the meantime," Durbin said previously.
Meanwhile, Republicans and Noem used the hearing Tuesday to warn of the knockdown effects the partial shutdown has had on the myriad federal departments and agencies housed under DHS's sprawling umbrella — including the Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and U.S. Coast Guard, among others.
Here are the biggest moments from Tuesday's hearing.
'YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!': PROTESTER DRAGGED FROM KRISTI NOEM'S SENATE HEARING
Noem focused her ire during Tuesday's hearing on Senate Democrats, whom she blamed for failing to keep DHS funded through September, even after the House passed a bipartisan, full-year funding bill.
"Despite the House passing a bipartisan, bicameral, full-year DHS funding bill, it is Senate Democrats who have chosen not to fund the department and have held this department hostage," Noem said Tuesday, going on to list critical national security efforts that could be hampered as the result of a protracted shutdown — including, but not limited to, issues of border security, immigration enforcement, aviation security, disaster response, cybersecurity, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
She also cited the impact the agency-wide shutdown has on DHS's sprawling employees, which include some 22 federal departments and agencies housed under a single umbrella.
"More than 100,000 dedicated DHS employees are once again being asked …
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