Dems refer Kristi Noem --to DOJ for criminal investigation.

Minnesota federal Judge Patrick J. Schiltz wrote in a Feb. 26 court order that ICE had violated 210 orders in 143 separate cases, describing the "continued violation" of orders as "beyond the pale."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/16/kristi-noem-congress-democrats-justice-department-referral/89182103007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Durbin and Raskin noted Schiltz's determination in their letter to the Justice Department.

The two Democrats also pointed to Noem's testimony that Trump knew DHS was going to spend $220 million running television ads that featured Noem prominently. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump later said Noem's testimony about his awareness wasn't true.

"I never knew anything about it," the president told Reuters in a phone interview.

"These two statements are clearly inconsistent; one of them has to be false," the Democrats wrote in their letter.

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