Kristi Noem set to face senators over DHS shutdown, immigration enforcement

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference surrounded by evidence of drug seizures at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in February 2026 in Otay Mesa, Calif.

The focus of the hearing is likely to be on how Kristi Noem is pursuing President Trump's mass deportation efforts in his second term, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers.

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