Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) agents carried out an early morning raid in New York City on Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has said. Noem shared video on X, formerly Twitter, showing officers leading away an individual.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for a raid in New York City on Tuesday morning. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett saw the raids up close with Noem and joins to discuss.
The Trump administration is revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary on Saturday, putting into position a key member of the Republican's Cabinet as he launches a wide-ranging immigration crackdown.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, is set to go before a Senate committee for a confirmation hearing Friday. But even if she is successful at the hearing and is confirmed,
DHS Secretary Noem rode alongside federal agents targeting a high-profile Venezuelan gang member during immigration enforcement in the Bronx.
Noem will now lead a federal department tasked with enforcing Trump’s hardline immigration policies, despite her lack of experience with homeland security issues.
The Senate voted 59 to 34 to confirm Ms. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, as the new head of the Department.
The operation in New York involved agents from ICE’s investigative arm, known as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which normally focuses on transnational crime, including human trafficking, child exploitation and drug smuggling, as well as personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to photos posted to social media.
Before Trump spoke in Las Vegas, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was confirmed as the next secretary of Homeland Security