Overview
- Rep. Robin Kelly introduced three articles against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleging obstruction of Congress, due‑process and constitutional violations, and self‑dealing tied to a $200 million ICE recruitment campaign and contracting.
- The House Homeland Security Committee’s Democrats, led by Rep. Bennie Thompson, launched a parallel investigation into Noem’s leadership and signaled that impeachment remains a possible outcome.
- The effort follows the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, which sharpened scrutiny of ICE operations cited in the resolution.
- DHS dismissed the impeachment move as political showmanship, while Republicans’ House majority makes any vote unlikely to succeed and some Democratic centrists warn the push could be a distraction.
- Separate lawsuits over blocked congressional oversight visits to ICE facilities continue, with a federal judge reviewing whether DHS’s revised access policy defies a prior court order.