Thompson DESTROYS Kristi Noem Over Illegal Deportations… Tells Her To RESIGN To Her FACE
On December 11, 2025, the House Homeland Security Committee room became a theater of political combat as Secretary Kristi Noem faced a barrage of allegations from ranking Democrat Bennie Thompson. The hearing, officially titled Worldwide Threats to the Homeland, quickly veered away from global geopolitics and into a visceral debate over the Trump administration’s domestic immigration enforcement and the legal limits of executive power.
Representative Thompson opened with a stinging rebuke, accusing the Department of Homeland Security of operating outside the law. He alleged that under Noem’s direction, the department has systematically terrorized and humiliated American citizens, including military veterans and senior citizens. Thompson shared a particularly harrowing account of a pregnant U.S. citizen in California who was reportedly thrown to the ground and detained by immigration officers who did not believe her citizenship status—an ordeal that allegedly resulted in the loss of her child. The exchange underscored a growing Democratic narrative that the administration’s aggressive deportation agenda is causing significant collateral damage to American families and legal residents.
The friction intensified when the conversation shifted to domestic terrorism. FBI and DHS officials testified that Antifa currently represents the most immediate violent threat to the United States, following a recent executive order designating the movement as a domestic terrorist organization. However, when Thompson pressed for specifics, the government’s testimony appeared to falter. FBI Operations Director Michael Glasheen struggled to provide concrete data on where the organization is headquartered or how many members have been identified, describing the group’s structure as fluid. Thompson mocked the lack of specificity, suggesting that the administration was labeling an ideology as an organization without the evidentiary support typically required for such a designation.
National security concerns were further complicated by a heated debate over the recent shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The suspect, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the country in 2021 during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Secretary Noem characterized the incident as a terrorist attack and blamed the Biden administration’s vetting failures for allowing Lakanwal into the country. Thompson countered by pointing out that while the suspect arrived years ago, it was the Trump administration’s DHS that approved his final asylum application in early 2025. This circular blame game highlighted the deep partisan divide over who is ultimately responsible for security lapses in the refugee vetting process.
Adding to the tension were accusations of a lack of transparency. Thompson noted that while previous administrations made dozens of appearances before the committee to ensure oversight, the current DHS leadership has been largely absent. He pointed out that Secretary Noem has appeared only twice, even fewer than her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas, whom Republicans had frequently criticized for avoiding the committee. The hearing reached a contentious peak when Thompson called for Noem’s resignation, accusing her of putting personal interests above the department and making America less safe.
The session concluded on a note of further controversy when Secretary Noem departed early, citing a meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Her exit, met with shouts from demonstrators in the hallway, left many Democratic questions unanswered. As legal experts now watch for the potential fallout of Thompson’s move to hold Noem in criminal contempt, the hearing stands as a stark reminder of the volatile state of American oversight in late 2025. The battle over the soul of the Department of Homeland Security is far from over, and the political stakes for the 2026 midterms are already becoming clear.
