Tag: Kristi Noem
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Sanctuary cities declined 17,864 requests to hold illegal immigrants for ICE in 2025: Noem
Sanctuary cities and counties declined to turn over 17,864 illegal immigrants in police custody to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that those jurisdictions rejected thousands of requests by the federal agency for local jails…
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Kristi Noem defends her portrayal of killed Minneapolis protesters as agitators, in her Senate hearing
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 Minneapolis earlier this year. It was Noem’s first congressional appearance since the shooting deaths of the two protesters galvanized…
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DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin quits as Noem impeachment calls continue
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin is resigning from her post as a political appointee. McLaughlin told the Washington Examiner: “I’m not leaving the fight. I’m not going anywhere. It’ll just look different.” A senior Trump administration official familiar with the plans confirmed on Tuesday morning that McLaughlin will depart her post swiftly and…
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Colorado’s Democratic delegation calls for Noem’s removal, ICE overhaul
The Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached in the wake of the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minnesota this month amid mounting criticism of the Trump administration’s deportation policies. In addition, the state’s two Democratic senators,…
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DIA won’t play Noem video on shutdown impact. Here’s why.
Colorado’s largest airport is not running a Homeland Security Administration video at security checkpoints — but not out of defiance or for political reasons. By contrast, several airports around the country are refusing to play a video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in which she blames Democrats for the federal government…
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Federal judge rules to halt deportation of Boulder attack suspect’s family
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story mistakenly identified attorney Susanna Dvortsin as a family friend to Soliman’s wife. The wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged with a hate crime after an fire-involved attack in Boulder over the weekend were headed for deportation…
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Family of Boulder attack suspect arrested by ICE, faces removal from U.S.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The family of Mohamed Soliman, the Colorado Springs-area man accused of multiple counts of felony attempted murder and a hate crime after he allegedly set several people on fire Sunday in Boulder, was detained Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The six family members…
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Judge handling Denver schools’ challenge to ICE policy changes course, sets hearing
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The federal judge overseeing Denver Public Schools’ challenge to the Trump administration’s new policy for immigration enforcement announced on Monday that he will hold a hearing on the district’s request for a restraining order — a seeming about-face from his position just one week ago. The DPS lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem seeks…
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Man in the middle: DPS lawsuit against Trump policy assigned to judge with higher aspirations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After Denver Public Schools sued the Trump administration on Wednesday seeking to overturn a new policy giving immigration authorities greater latitude to operate in schools, the case was assigned to the lone, first-term appointee of President Donald Trump on Colorado’s federal trial court. U.S. District…