The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters of the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, according to U.S. officials. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the operation in a post on social media, saying the Coast Guard “apprehended” the tanker with support from the Department of Defense in […]
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confronted about veteran in contentious hearing over deportations
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found herself in the hot seat on Capitol Hill on Thursday, defending herself from Democrats who sharply questioned the Trump administration’s hardline immigration actions. In one notable exchange, Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., asked Noem if DHS had deported any military veterans — and she said the department has not. Magaziner […]
DOJ won’t say what it advised Noem amid contempt inquiry over El Salvador deportations
Department of Justice officials, citing privilege, did not disclose details on the legal advice given to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the decision to continue the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelans to El Salvador in March. The declarations filed in court Friday are a response to a contempt inquiry initiated by U.S. District Court […]
Noem says National Guard shooting suspect could have been radicalized in US
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that authorities believe the suspected shooter who they say opened fire on National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., last week might have been radicalized after he arrived in the United States. The suspected gunman, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is accused of firing at two National Guard members, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom […]
Kristi Noem directed Venezuelans to be sent to El Salvador after federal judge ordered deportation planes turned around: DOJ
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed that hundreds of Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. in March be transferred to El Salvador, despite a federal judge ordering deportation planes turned around, according to a new court filing from Trump administration lawyers. In the filing late Tuesday, the Department of Justice said that […]