Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem isn't having it from Democrat lawmakers who wish to further inflame rising tensions in the wake of the shooting death of far-left agitator Renee Nicole Good last Wednesday in Minneapolis. A day after the shooting, Noem quietly updated DHS's policy, which will now require Members of Congress to submit visit requests at least one week prior to the intended visit date.
The move by Noem comes after a December decision by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a Joe Biden appointee, that blocked a previous DHS directive requiring a one-week notice of congressional visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. It's a bit nuanced, but it looks like Noem is able to sidestep Cobb's order by using funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
In issuing the new/old guidance, Noem stated that she disagreed with Judge Cobb's finding, but intended to use funds derived from the OBBBA that are not subject to limitations cited by the judge in her ruling. DHS will use the OBBBA-derived funds to "ensure adequate protection for Members of Congress, congressional staff, detainees, and ICE employees alike."
BREAKING: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice.https://t.co/h3Oz9KV9cC pic.twitter.com/VGgSgtUDcb
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 11, 2026
In a memo to acting ICE director Todd Lyons, Noem wrote that the policy is necessary to blunt "an increasing trend of replacing legitimate oversight activities with circus-like publicity stunts, all of which creates a chaotic environment with heightened emotions." She didn't mention Democrats by name, but we all know who thrives on the "heightened emotions" of illegals being removed from the country.
On Saturday, three House Democrats from Minnesota – Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Angie Craig (MN-02), and Kelly Morrison (MN-03) – tried to get into a detention facility in the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis and were summarily turned away, leading Omar to whine on X, "Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained."
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That's fine, and they can now submit that request with seven days' notice. Members of Congress, much to the disdain of the Left, do not have the right to show up unannounced and whip their low-IQ foot soldiers into a frenzy, thus putting lives at risk because they cannot or will not keep their emotions in check.
It bears pointing out, as Secretary Noem did Sunday on CNN's State of the Union, that the detainees for whom Democrats are willing to have people killed are the worst of the worst: murderers, rapists, and child predators.
.@Sec_Noem: "These sanctuary cities such as Minneapolis are extremely dangerous for American citizens. Since we've been there, we've arrested dozens and dozens of murderers and rapists, individuals who have assaulted children and sodomized them." pic.twitter.com/cnvjlodcnK
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 11, 2026
Democrats, of course, intend to challenge Noem's new directive in court.
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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