Overview
- Rep. Robin Kelly’s three articles of impeachment, introduced on January 14, have attracted 109 co-sponsors according to her office, surpassing half of the House Democratic caucus.
- The push intensified after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on January 7, as DHS dismissed the impeachment effort as “silly.”
- The resolution accuses Secretary Kristi Noem of obstructing Congress, violating the public trust, and self-dealing, alleging blocked oversight of ICE and directing warrantless arrests and violence.
- Democrats cite reporting that a company tied to Noem benefited from Homeland Security advertising contracts awarded through a secret or no-bid process totaling roughly $220 million.
- Senior Democratic leaders have not signed on and the measure faces long odds in GOP-run chambers, even as rank-and-file members also protest denied facility inspections under a seven-day notice policy and decry continued ICE funding.