“Impeaching Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
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This section impeaches Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors and exhibits articles of impeachment to the United States Senate.
This section sets forth Article I of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem for obstruction of Congress, charging that she willfully violated her oath by (1) refusing to allow Members of Congress unannounced entry into DHS facilities detaining noncitizens for oversight, in violation of Section 527 of the FY2024 DHS Appropriations Act (P.L. 118-47); (2) implementing a seven-calendar-day advance notice requirement for such visits on May 13, 2025, and denying entry in six specified incidents between June 17 and August 30, 2025, at facilities including those in El Paso, Aurora, Los Angeles, New York, Chantilly, and Tacoma; and (3) directing FEMA to withhold congressionally obligated funds for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and Shelter and Services Program, in violation of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as detailed in GAO report B-337204.2.
This section charges Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem with breaching the public trust and violating her oath of office by directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to conduct warrantless arrests, forgo due process, and use violence against U.S. citizens, lawful residents, and others, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act and the First and Fourth Amendments. It specifies the following incidents: (1) a October 2025 U.S. District Court finding that ICE arrested 22 individuals without warrants, violating the Castañon Nava settlement agreement; (2) a September 2025 warrantless raid at 7500 S. South Shore Drive in Chicago using military-style tactics, detaining U.S. citizens, veterans, and seniors, and causing property damage and theft; (3) October 2025 uses of tear gas on children at a Halloween parade and a peaceful crowd after a vehicle crash, violating U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis's order No. 25 C 12173; (4) Operation Midway Blitz patrols in Chicago involving excessive force, including shooting an unarmed U.S. citizen in a civilian convoy; and (5) a January 7, 2026, ICE shooting killing a U.S. citizen driver, with allegedly false Department of Homeland Security claims about the incident.
This section alleges that Kristi Noem violated 5 CFR pt. 2635 by misusing her position for personal gain, including directing $200 million in taxpayer funds for an ICE agent recruitment ad campaign to Republican-led agencies and associates—such as the Strategy Group, run by the husband of DHS official Tricia McLaughlin—bypassing competitive bidding under a southern border national emergency declaration.