Overview

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Secretary Kristi Noem will be one of the first officials summoned by Congress once Democrats reclaim the House, promising swift accountability.
• Jeffries accused DHS under Noem of flouting due-process safeguards by deploying masked agents in U.S. courthouses and immigrant communities and initiating expedited removals without judicial review.
• He pledged aggressive oversight activity led by Reps. Bennie Thompson and Jamie Raskin, who would chair the House Homeland Security and Judiciary committees if Democrats win back the majority.
• The investigations are set to probe Trump-era tactics such as sending migrants to a megaprison in El Salvador and sidestepping immigration court proceedings.
• All oversight efforts remain contingent on the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections, with Noem still in office and facing concurrent legal challenges and partisan disputes.