Tag Archives: Kristi Noem

Politico reports: A complaint filed on Monday reveals more details about the suspects accused of snatching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse from a restaurant in Washington, D.C. last weekend. The United States Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department arrested the primary suspect, 49-year-old Mario Bustamante Leiva, a Chilean national, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. According to the complaint, …

The Washington Post reports: “This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years,” Noem said in statement provided to The Washington Post through a spokeswoman. “Unfortunately, so many families in this country have been made victims by crime, and that’s why President Trump is working every single day to make America safe and get …

NBC News reports: The suspect who was arrested Saturday in the theft of Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse is in the country illegally, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said in an interview with NBC News. Ed Martin said a second suspect who also is in the country illegally is being sought by law enforcement. It is not believed …

The Washington Post reports: A Trump administration publicity campaign aimed at discouraging illegal migration is off to a rocky start, with Mexico’s government calling for the ads to be pulled and promising to ban such foreign “propaganda” in the future. The campaign has raised questions in the United States about its overtly political messaging and its price tag — up …

CNN reports: The man who allegedly stole a Gucci bag loaded with cash from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was sitting at the table next to hers, according to video of Sunday’s incident reviewed by Secret Service investigators. The surveillance footage of the incident at The Capital Burger restaurant in Washington, DC, showed the suspect purposefully moving close to Noem …

CNN reports: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident, including a law enforcement source, told CNN. The Secret Service, which provides security for Noem, reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant and saw an unknown white male wearing …

The Daily Beast reports: Corey Lewandowski has taken such an outsize role at DHS that some employees refer to him as Kristi Noem’s “shadow secretary.” Trump’s former campaign manager and senior advisor originally wanted to serve as Noem’s chief of staff, but Trump and his top advisors were uncomfortable with the arrangement because their relationship has long been a source …

CNN reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is threatening to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students if it doesn’t turn over records on international students’ “illegal and violent activities,” the agency said Wednesday. Noem “wrote a scathing letter demanding detailed records on Harvard’s foreign student visa holders’ illegal and violent activities by April 30, 2025, or …

The Huffington Post reports: Kristi Noem’s fondness for photo-ops may be undermining her own agency’s mission, according to an array of government sources who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security’s frequent, often flashy appearances at border crossings and alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have made her a walking billboard for President …

“Mahmoud Khalil hates the United States and what we stand for—so his removal should come as welcome news. It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. When you advocate for violence, glorify and support terrorists that relish the killing of Americans, and harass Jews, that privilege …

“Can we talk about Kristi Noem and these ridiculous photo ops? Why does she have to keep doing this? Just stop trying to glamorize the mission and put yourself in the middle of it as you cosplay ICE agent, which you’re not. “I can’t stand these photo ops, you guys. I think they diminish ICE, they diminish DHS, CPB. She’s …

Politico reports: The Trump administration is revoking parole status for immigrants who entered the U.S. via the Biden-era CBP One app, in a push to get immigrants to voluntarily leave the country. Some immigrants began receiving formal email notices from the DHS on Tuesday stating that the department would be using its discretionary authority to revoke parole. The move could …

Raw Story reports: Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, drew mockery — and concern — on social media after posting video showing her holding an assault rifle with the muzzle pointed toward the head of a law enforcement officer. “Human traffickers. Drug Smugglers. 18th Street Gang members. Spent the morning in Phoenix with our brave @ICEgov and …

CBS News reports: Two U.S. border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to enter the country through the nation’s busiest port of entry without showing documents, prosecutors said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez were assigned to immigration inspection booths at the San Ysidro Port …

NBC News reports: The government must secure the return of a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man who Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted it deported in error. More than three weeks after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained and flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a federal judge said Friday that the government must return him to the U.S. by …

E&E News reports: The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was given a lie detector test by the Department of Homeland Security to determine if he leaked information about a recent private meeting concerning FEMA, two former senior FEMA officials told POLITICO’s E&E News. The test was given to FEMA acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton after he met March 25 …

Forbes reports: Judge James Boasberg suggested Thursday he believes it’s likely the Trump administration defied his court order blocking deportation flights and acted in “bad faith” by sending Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, as the judge considers whether to possibly move forward with holding Trump officials in contempt for proceeding with the flights. The judge accused Trump officials of intentionally …

The New York Times reports: Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there over the weekend as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month. The Senate delegation on Friday toured Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities where about 85 migrants were …

Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo reports: According to documentation seen by Zeteo and interviews with university officials, the administration is deploying the rarely-used risk-to-foreign-policy immigration provision they used to detain Mahmoud Khalil to now target students across the country. ICE appears to be manually revoking students’ immigration status – an authority typically left to university staff. And some students and universities are …

The Associated Press reports: As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she refused to reveal what her extensive travel was costing taxpayers. In the weeks since Noem became Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, that mystery has been solved: South Dakota repeatedly picked up the tab …