House Democrats have intensified pressure on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over deadly federal immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis, where federal agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens, including ICU nurse Alex Pretti and mother Renée Good, sparking nationwide outrage and protests. They say Noem’s leadership and aggressive ICE tactics warrant accountability and consequences.
Democratic leaders — including Hakeem Jeffries, Pete Aguilar, and others — have threatened impeachment or removal of Noem unless major reforms are enacted, linking the demand to broader Homeland Security funding negotiations and calls for oversight, body cameras, and investigation into federal enforcement practices. The controversy has galvanized protests and congressional hearings.
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Democratic leaders — including Hakeem Jeffries, Pete Aguilar, and others — have threatened impeachment or removal of Noem unless major reforms are enacted, linking the demand to broader Homeland Security funding negotiations and calls for oversight, body cameras, and investigation into federal enforcement practices. The controversy has galvanized protests and congressional hearings.
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00:00The year, Donald Trump and Kristi Noem have been using Americans' taxpayer dollars to terrorize
00:06law-abiding immigrants, kill U.S. citizens, detain children, and endanger communities.
00:12What the American public have seen unfold in Minnesota with the murders of Alex Preddy and
00:18Renee Good has just been terrible, and it's been the last straw for too many Americans.
00:25Let's not forget how we got here.
00:27Last year, House Republicans passed the Big Ugly Law to rip health care and food away
00:32to American families, and they used those cuts to pay for $200 billion to the Department
00:38of Homeland Security, including $75 billion to ICE.
00:43That's more than seven times the ICE annual budget.
00:47Let that sink in for a moment.
00:49Rather than making life more affordable for American families, Republicans decided to use
00:54their signature piece of legislation to give a blank check to Kristi Noem.
01:01Now, we've seen this out-of-control, bloated agency carry out some of the most horrific
01:06crimes in American history.
01:10From trampling on the Constitution to murdering U.S. citizens and violating civil and human
01:15rights, there is no question that this brutality must end, and House Democrats are united in
01:21that.
01:22We cannot act like this is business as usual.
01:26That's why Democrats are using every tool at our disposal to hold this administration
01:31accountable, and that starts with removing the Department of Homeland Security Secretary,
01:36Kristi Noem.
01:36Democrats are joining the American people in demanding that federal immigration agents are
01:42held to the same standards as our local police officers.
01:46Our caucus is united in demanding for common-sense reforms.
01:52Body cameras must be required by law, and masks must come off.
01:56Judicial warrants are a requirement, not a suggestion.
02:00We must have independent investigations to prosecute agents responsible for carrying out abuses.
02:06And finally, there needs to be clear guidelines on use of force.
02:12Democrats won't rest until we enact real change in this lawless agency.
02:18Vice Chair Luke.
02:20Thank you, Chairman Aguilar.
02:23Trump's tariffs continue to increase inflation.
02:26The recent producer price index came in hot, hot, hot.
02:32Econ risk predicted a 0.2 percent rise.
02:34It was 0.5 percent, and what that means is terrorists are now causing businesses to pass
02:41on these increased costs to consumers.
02:43And what is Trump focused on?
02:45Closing the Kennedy Center.
02:47Apparently, he couldn't even get Kid Rock to perform there, and now we have this hallowed,
02:53amazing institution of the United States closed, because Donald Trump morally screwed up when
02:59you vandalized it by putting his name on it.
03:02I agree with Chairman Aguilar with everything he said about Trump's ICE and Border Patrol.
03:08Trump's ICE and Border Patrol interior operations are out of control.
03:12And not only did they kill two civilians last month, but you see continuing videos and stories
03:19of their abuses.
03:20We learned recently that ICE shackled a woman for 24 hours in a bathroom with three other
03:29men.
03:30The faucet didn't work, and when the men would go to a toilet, the woman would hide her face.
03:36We know that ICE also detained a five-year-old citizen, Liam, who then got sick because of the
03:43horrible conditions at the detention facility, and a federal judge ordered the release because
03:48ICE is just flat-out violating the law.
03:51It turns out some of the folks that ICE is taking came in here legally through legal processes
03:57last year.
03:59And if the Trump administration doesn't like that, they've got to change the law.
04:03They can't just take people who came in here legally and then try to deport them.
04:08And that's why you have judges doing what they just did in this case and release five-year-old
04:14Liam.
04:15I also want to echo what Chairman Aguilar said about Christy Noem.
04:20Under her leadership, Department of Homeland Security has killed a number of Americans.
04:25She needs to resign or she needs to be fired, and if not, impeachment proceedings need to
04:31proceed.
04:32And with that, I yield back.
04:34Questions.
04:36Max?
04:36As you mentioned, the Democrats have vision of the way DHS and Christy Noem are handling
04:43the situation with the U.S.
04:45As a result, how will you vote on the funding package plan today, which does provide temporary
04:49funding for DHS?
04:51I think we'll have members on.
04:54Some members will vote yes, and some members will vote no.
04:57This has been a topic of discussion that we've had that you guys have reported on over the
05:03weekend.
05:04We had emergency caucus meetings where we were hearing from members.
05:08We understand the perspectives that our members bring to the table.
05:12Some of the appropriators feel like they need to support this deal.
05:16Other members feel deeply concerned that even two weeks of ICE continued funding is, in a
05:26sense, blessing what they have done and what they will continue to do, terrorizing our communities.
05:34But our caucus is united.
05:36And look, I know you folks are going to talk about this vote.
05:40We're opposing the rule because Speaker Johnson apparently told his crew that they could pass
05:49us on suspension over the weekend, as was reported.
05:53That's false.
05:54There was no discussion that would lead any rational person to believe that 100 Democrats
06:01could vote for this.
06:03If they have a problem passing these bills, they need to talk to Hakeem Jeffries.
06:08But the first step was in admitting that this can't pass on suspension.
06:14And so now they have to pass a rule.
06:17They pass a rule, which we'll see in the next few hours.
06:20Then we'll have a quick debate and we'll see where members land on this.
06:25This has been the unifying force of members, though, has been these things, right, has been
06:34Christy Noem is the head of this agency that is seemingly lawless and doesn't care about
06:41the first, second, fourth, or 10th Amendment.
06:44And she's got to go.
06:46We want to protect our communities.
06:48We've said that from the very first press conference that the vice chair and I did last
06:53year after the president pardoned violent criminals, and that continues to be a focal
07:00point, is what is best to protect our communities while respecting the rule of law.
07:05And what we know is that Christy Noem doesn't, she doesn't believe in this.
07:11They're willing to let Stephen Miller make policy over there.
07:14And I think what members were also showed is 59% of Fox, this is a Fox poll, 59% said
07:27ICE was too aggressive.
07:28So Speaker Johnson is on the wrong side of this.
07:31He's already dismissing some of the reasonable reforms that we're offering.
07:36Um, the, the, the proof continues to be the American people speaking in a, in a poll, you
07:43know, at Fox or speaking at the ballot in Texas, the American people are fed up of this.
07:50They are fed up of lawless ICE.
07:52They are fed up of runaway budgets with no accountability.
07:55And they are fed up of the rhetoric that Republicans are trying to offer to justify this lawlessness.
08:03And it's going to be on us.
08:06It's going to be on House Democrats, uh, to push back.
08:09Um, and we will push back, uh, now we will push back in February and we will push back
08:13all the way through November until we get an opportunity, uh, to change the temperature
08:18in this place.
08:20Uh, a few weeks ago, I went to Minneapolis, St. Paul and met with nonprofit groups and local
08:25law enforcement.
08:26We did a democratic field hearing and their stories of abuse are horrific.
08:31Uh, you have Trump's ICE completely being out of control.
08:35We also know that the public pressure is working.
08:38The Trump administration, uh, is starting to backtrack.
08:41Uh, they removed border patrol commander at large, Greg Bovino from Minnesota.
08:46We also know that he has now, uh, engaged in antisemitic comments.
08:50He needs to resign.
08:52Uh, we also know that Chrissy Noem yesterday issued a director of saying all field agents in
08:58Minneapolis must wear body cameras.
09:00Uh, that is a start, but every one of their agents across America needs to wear body cameras
09:07like real police officers do.
09:09And, uh, I encourage American people to continue this public pressure and to exercise their First
09:14Amendment rights.
09:16Michael.
09:17Uh, just to drill down, you're going to wait until, you're going to wait to see if the Republicans
09:23are going to pass a rule before you decide to get to vote or do you know?
09:27Or I'm going to wait until we pass a rule before I tell people where, what I'm going
09:30to vote.
09:30Um, but either, either way it, it serves the same purpose, but look, we, we've, over the
09:36last couple of days, the vice chair have tried to, the vice chair and I have tried to create
09:40an environment with the leadership team where we hear directly from, from members, uh, who
09:44are, who are struggling, who are, who are frustrated, uh, by what they see.
09:48Uh, and the week back home, um, where we talked to folks in our communities about the local
09:54lawlessness of ICE, um, you know, really put a finer, a finer point on that.
10:00We weren't, you know, in DC comparing notes, you know, we were back home talking to our communities,
10:05um, and we're the ones that have to look folks in the eye, uh, who have experienced, uh, some
10:11of these tragedies, uh, and horrific behavior.
10:13We were the vice chair in, uh, in Minneapolis, St. Paul, um, and many other folks visiting
10:19ICE detention facilities or trying to visit ICE detention facilities or talking to community
10:23leaders and advocates.
10:25Um, but, uh, time and time again, what we hear from our colleagues is we have to make changes.
10:32We have to reform DHS.
10:35They were given unlimited amounts of money, uh, by House Republicans, uh, and we need to have
10:40meaningful reforms, um, because they are unchecked.
10:44They have been proven time and time again, uh, unworthy of our trust and unworthy of the
10:50benefit of the doubt.
10:52Um, all of us are here on the democratic side.
10:54Uh, I know the vice chair and I feel this way.
10:57We want government to work.
10:58We know it can be an instrument of good.
11:00We know it can help people in their daily lives.
11:03And what these folks are doing sets all of us back because, uh, they are now going to
11:08be afraid and I talked to our local law enforcement leaders about this in, in San Bernardino County
11:13last week, local law enforcement, uh, is concerned that people aren't going to report crime or
11:20they aren't going to say that they're a witness of a crime because they're afraid that everybody
11:25is working with ICE.
11:27Uh, and that hurts us.
11:28If people don't feel like they can, they can answer a police officer's question on what
11:33they saw, uh, for fear of their status, you know, that sets us all back.
11:39And by the way, every one of these law enforcement agencies, you know, I met with locally, they
11:43have an identifier on them.
11:45They have their name on a polo.
11:46They have their name on their uniform.
11:48It says which agency employs them and have a clear identifier as to who they are and, and
11:53where they work.
11:55Shame on us if we can't create an environment, uh, that mirrors exactly what our local governments
12:00have been doing, uh, uh, and, uh, and have been doing well and have been doing with the
12:05trust and support of, of our community members.
12:08Just, uh, just really, really quickly.
12:11If you all got a three-year extension through a discharge petition during the last
12:16Sunday, that will, after the last Sunday, and it's languishing in the city, and it's not
12:21looking like it's going to hit you.
12:24Yeah, yeah.
12:24So you, you know, Republicans are on the part on these reform demands to our, uh,
12:30are, are looking to get in a world where any of these reforms, and we can talk about
12:38companies, all the different ways that they could, are you concerned that the same thing
12:43that's happening with the ACA subsidies, where the bill is languishing in the center
12:47right now, it's the same thing that will be happening on the ICE?
12:51Can you be trusted?
12:52No, I'm, I'm, I'm more, I'm more hopeful.
12:55I'm more optimistic that, um, house, uh, that, that house Democrats and Senate Democrats
13:01are united, uh, in reforming ICE.
13:04Um, and I know that our, our Senate colleagues are supportive of the Affordable Care Act tax
13:09credits too.
13:10You know, that, that faces, you know, difficulties with 60 votes and needing so many Republicans,
13:16uh, to join on board too.
13:18Um, but, um, I will tell you that the, the, the conversations I've had with, with a small
13:23amount of senators, it leads me to think that they are united with us.
13:28They want to stand, you know, with us to reform this, this terrible agency.
13:33Um, and they're willing to, um, you know, stand up and speak up and use their voice and
13:38their platform and their vote in order to make that happen.
13:41Um, because they see what we've all seen.
13:43And they see that this administration is trying to tell us, uh, don't believe your eyes, um,
13:48trust us.
13:49Um, uh, and, and we know that they're, uh, not worthy of that.
13:53So, uh, you know, I, I feel confident in the strength of the house democratic caucus and,
13:58and our unified purpose and message, no matter what the vote outcome is, uh, we're going to
14:04walk out and we're going to be focused on how we, uh, get rid of Kristi Noem and how we
14:09ensure that DHS, um, is a, is a, is a reasonable organization.
14:15And that's going to take significant reforms to get there.
14:20Um, one step at a time, you know, we got the rule vote in, in front of us, uh, this morning
14:38and, and in the afternoon, uh, we have our vote.
14:41I'm not going to presuppose what, uh, what's going to happen in, in 10 days, uh, today,
14:47but I will tell you that it's been, you know, shocking to see that, you know, house and Senate
14:52Republicans don't even want reasonable reforms to this lawless agency.
14:56Uh, they're seeing the same numbers in the same, you know, polls, you know, we are, um,
15:02uh, the American public is standing with us and asking us to do something.
15:05And John Thune and, and Speaker Johnson, um, uh, are willing to just do nothing.
15:11They're willing to just let, you know, let the status quo continue.
15:14Uh, house and Senate Democrats have said time and time again, that that's, that that's,
15:18uh, that's not going to happen.
15:21Andrew, and then.
15:22Andrew, I think if you've got to vote for the rest of the members, but that HTH funding
15:28continued to collapse is itself the leverage that needed to do things like.
15:34to get significant reforms at ICE, including, you know, beyond body cameras and things that
15:41folks, they are not significant enough in the aftermath of this media shooting.
15:46What will you say to the base when inevitably there are enough members who have said they're going to vote to pass the government funding bill on final passage?
15:56What will you say to the base when they say you guys have just given up your leverage?
16:01What I'll say to all of you and what I'll say to the members, first, we've got to see what happens with this rule vote.
16:10You're making an assumption that this package passes in the afternoon, and I think that's fair.
16:15That's fine. I'll play along.
16:18But what you'll hear from members and what you'll hear us say to folks inside, outside, whatever organizations you call it is, we have more opportunities.
16:29We have more opportunities for leverage, not six months away, not in the next appropriation cycle, not September 30th.
16:38We have some opportunities to make our voices heard in the next 10 days.
16:42And if we can build a coalition that includes our Senate colleagues and includes the American public who are seemingly already with us, that's a good first step.
16:51So that's what's in front of us.
16:54We'll see what happens with this vote.
16:56But I feel very confident saying that House Democrats are going to emerge and to say we need reforms on ICE.
17:02We have a list that we want done.
17:04And we aren't settling for half measures.
17:08And if Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson don't want to come to the table and negotiate real reform, then they're going to have to explain to the American public why they're shutting down agencies.
17:19And maybe that's something they're comfortable doing, but that's not going to be on us.
17:25That's going to be on them approving the lawlessness of ICE without making simple reforms that respect the First, Second, Fourth, Tenth Amendment and tries to offer some level of accountability and oversight over these agencies.
17:38Thank you, Chairman.
17:41Chairman, it appears this deal we're voting on today stems from Leader Schumer talking directly to the White House.
17:47Do you feel that House Democrats are being included enough in those conversations, especially if we get down to the road of negotiating possible changes to ICE later on?
17:57I don't think we were party to that conversation, you know, last week.
18:00That's fine.
18:01Look, we play the cards we're dealt.
18:02We're voting on the measures that are on the floor.
18:03Or I'm not interested in playing parlor games over, you know, who talked to who or hurt feelings about, you know, missing a phone call.
18:09I don't care about that.
18:11My colleagues don't care about that.
18:12This is the vote in front of us.
18:13This is what we have.
18:14We have a rule vote coming up shortly.
18:16And then we have the full bill that includes the full year funding measures for the five agencies and the two-week CR for DHS.
18:23That's in front of us.
18:25We've been asking for simple reforms to this lawless agency.
18:28We're going to continue to work with the American public and build a coalition that gets that accomplished, because nothing's going to change until we actually enact meaningful reforms to this agency.
18:44You?
18:45Yeah.
18:46I wanted to ask in regards to the Clinton Senate that we're going to testify ahead of the Contempo, Republicans gave them a new deadline.
18:55I'm curious, there seems like, obviously, several Democrats wrote with the party to recommend it out of committee.
19:03I guess, do you guys think, do House Democrats owe it to a former president and a former presidential nominee of their party to protect them from bipartisan incidents?
19:13This is about, and I don't want to get ahead of the committee, Robert Garcia and the committee members can talk about their votes and explain their votes.
19:20But criminal contempt of Congress is a very serious thing that should be reserved for, we should only vote on something that serious when someone completely thumbs their nose at Congress and doesn't want to, you know, come in and meet.
19:36The Clintons have proposed a schedule to meet.
19:40They've proposed, they've accepted every condition that the chairman has offered.
19:44So clearly, there is no basis behind a contempt to vote, and a yes, contempt to vote right now.
19:51There's no basis for that.
19:53We won't support that.
19:55It's completely ridiculous.
19:56And it just shows the partisan nature of Chairman Comer.
20:00This is, I told you before when this came up a couple weeks ago, right, like this is all political theatrics.
20:06This is about him wanting to score political points because he probably was at a rally at some point and yelled, you know, lock her up.
20:13That's all this is about, is him trying to fulfill that, you know, conservative, you know, wet dream to make that happen.
20:20And so that's just, that's where we are.
20:22And that's where the politics of this moment, but there's no basis for an attempt to vote.
20:28And I hope one doesn't come to the floor.
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