Top Democrats Tell Trump: Fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — Or Face Impeachment

Top House Democrats delivered a stark ultimatum to Donald Trump this week: remove Kristi Noem from her post as Homeland Security secretary or face impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives.

The demand follows a move by a majority of the House Democratic caucus to sign onto articles of impeachment filed earlier this month after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two U.S. citizens who were fatally shot by federal agents during an intensified immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

Democratic Leadership Issues Warning

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, joined by deputies Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar, issued a joint statement connecting the shootings to Department of Homeland Security policies and calling for immediate accountability. In their words:

“The violence unleashed on the American people by the Department of Homeland Security must end forthwith. Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives.”

Administration Response and Political Fallout

Earlier the same day, Trump told reporters at the White House that he supported Noem and praised the border response: “I think she’s doing a very good job. The border is totally secure.” Despite Trump’s public backing, bipartisan unease has emerged: Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis urged Noem to resign.

Operational Changes in Minneapolis

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who became the public face of the enforcement surge in Minneapolis, was expected to leave the city as the administration reshuffles leadership and scales back the federal presence following the second fatal shooting. Officials signaled a potential reduction in the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents in Minnesota.

Other National And International Developments

The White House also signaled a readiness to use U.S. air power, suggesting possible strikes on Iran after that government’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Meanwhile, the United States has formally exited the Paris climate agreement for a second time, underscoring a continuing break with global climate efforts.

Civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of families of two men from a Trinidad fishing village who were killed in a U.S. military airstrike in the Caribbean Sea on October 14, seeking accountability for the strike.

In Europe, two smaller opposition parties — the Green and Left Alliance (AVS) and Azione — launched petitions urging Italian authorities and Olympic organizers to block ICE agents from participating in Winter Olympics security operations. AVS characterized the ICE unit as aggressive and called for its exclusion.

Human Stories and Legal News

Individual cases have highlighted the human cost of recent enforcement actions: five-year-old Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos, a U.S. citizen, was deported to Honduras on January 11 with her mother and now faces separation from her school and community in Austin, Texas. Separately, a federal judge ruled that a five-year-old Minnesota boy and his father could not be immediately deported after their arrest sparked international concern.

Other headlines this week included concerns from National Transportation Safety Board members about longstanding helicopter-traffic and safety warnings after a fatal collision near Washington, D.C.; a shooting involving a Border Patrol agent in Arizona that left an alleged smuggler in critical condition; and Alex Vindman’s announcement that he will run for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Florida.

Taken together, these developments reflect growing scrutiny of federal enforcement tactics, political division over accountability, and continuing debate about the role of federal agencies at home and abroad.