Noem Faces Bipartisan Rebuke Over Deadly Immigration Operation

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced bipartisan criticism Tuesday over federal immigration operations that left two American citizens dead in Minneapolis, as a Republican senator threatened to block Trump administration nominees and Democrats pressed her to acknowledge making mistakes.

The Senate hearing was Noem’s first appearance on Capitol Hill since federal agents fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. The January shootings remain under review.

Kristi Noem during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on March 3.

Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

The incidents prompted a pullback in aggressive street-level immigration enforcement operations and sparked a broader Congressional standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which remains stalled. ...