House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) punished Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after President Donald Trump fired her last week following growing disapproval of her leadership of the department, including her handling of the administration’s deeply unpopular immigration crackdown.

Jeffries appeared Sunday on the show “Meet the press” where he criticized Noem after moderator Kristen Welker asked whether the change in leadership at DHS could lead him and other Democrats to restart funding for the department, which has been in a partial shutdown since last month.

Talks have continued after Noem’s firing, and some hope the change could help reach a deal. But on Thursday, Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in statements that they would maintain a unified blockade of agency funding until more changes were made, particularly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“What we want is a situation where ICE is behaving like every other law enforcement agency in the country, instead of using taxpayer dollars to brutalize or, in some cases, kill American citizens and violently attack law-abiding immigrant families,” Jeffries said Sunday.

Democrats like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) have vowed to investigate Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary if they regain power in the November midterm elections.
Democrats like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) have vowed to investigate Kristi Noem’s tenure as Homeland Security secretary if they regain power in the November midterm elections.

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Welker intervened as he spoke to ask if replacing Noem is a “big enough step” for him to say yes and return the funds to DHS.

“No, it certainly is not. What we need is a policy change, not simply a personnel change,” he said. “Now, Kristi Noem was a disgrace. She was totally unqualified.”

Calling Noem a “pathological liar,” he condemned the former secretary for her handling of the deaths of American citizens Alex Pretti and Renée Good, murdered by federal agents.

“She called American citizens domestic terrorists without any justification. But we need dramatic, bold, significant and transformative changes to get ICE under control,” Jeffries said. “That’s what the American people want to see. That’s what we’re working hard to achieve.”

After the president fired Noem last week, making her the first Cabinet secretary to leave her post in Trump’s second term, he said he would nominate a loyal ally, first-term Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), to replace her.

Trump also said Noem’s new position would be “special envoy for Americas Shield,” which he described as a role that will lead “our new Western Hemisphere Security Initiative.”

Watch Jeffries’ appearance on “Meet the Press” below.

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He plans to nominate Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be his replacement.

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Democratic politicians turned Trump’s announcement into a true Democratic party on social media.

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An expert points out what was the most”enormous” about Noem’s recent testimony.

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Responses from Sen. Markwayne Mullin and ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem were similar following the murder of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents in January.

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“She has shown that she does not know how to lead,”” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday about Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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