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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem didn’t mince words on Laura Ingraham’s program, forcefully rejecting the left’s fictional narratives about ICE and their officers. Noem slammed the political theater that paints our brave immigration agents as villains, saying that the lies and selective outrage are putting lives at real risk. Americans watching should understand this isn’t finger-wagging — it’s a defense of the thin blue line that literally stands between order and chaos.
Noem joined ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan on The Ingraham Angle to lay out the grim facts: agents are being doxxed, harassed, and threatened, and the violence is escalating. Sheahan spoke bluntly about an ugly campaign to expose officers’ identities and even to target their families, warning that the online mob and fringe groups are crossing into criminality. This was not a media stunt — it was a sober briefing to the American people about real danger facing federal law enforcement.
The secretary also confirmed a major policy move: the administration is expanding its travel ban, planning to add more than 30 countries to the restricted list as part of a national-security-first approach. After years of open-border chaos under the previous administration, this commonsense step prioritizes vetting and safety over virtue-signaling and soft-on-crime posturing. If protecting Americans means making hard decisions about who we admit, then lawmakers and voters should support it without apology.
DHS intelligence paints a chilling picture: organized criminal networks and foreign cartels have been tied to campaigns of doxxing and even bounty schemes against ICE and CBP officers, with detailed instructions handed down to U.S.-based gang sympathizers. Social platforms have been used to coordinate harassment, and the Justice Department has taken action to remove pages that were used to target agents. This coordinated threat proves the critics on the left aren’t dealing in abstract politics — they are giving cover to chaos that endangers Americans.
Madison Sheahan was blunt in defending ICE’s mission, calling anti-ICE ads and hit-piece campaigns disgraceful and dangerous at a time when assaults on officers are on the rise. Her message was clear: these are public servants who arrest child predators, gang members, and violent criminals, and painting them as the problem is both dishonest and reckless. Conservative Americans should applaud officials who stand with law enforcement instead of caving to a mob that wants to neuter federal authority.
Let’s be plain: Kristi Noem — confirmed by the Senate to lead DHS — is doing what elected leaders are supposed to do by protecting citizens and the rule of law. Her rising to the helm of Homeland Security was a win for common-sense governance, and her willingness to call out dangerous rhetoric shows backbone we desperately need in Washington. Democrats who wink at soft-on-crime policies while cheering on protests that devolve into targeted threats should be called to account by voters this November.
Congress must respond with teeth — strengthen penalties for attacks on federal officers, fund protective measures for agents and their families, and back the travel restrictions that Noem and this administration are rolling out. Senator-led initiatives to expand penalties for assaults on ICE should get swift bipartisan support, because nothing else will deter the mob if criminals keep seeing politics as cover. If we value safety, we will stand with our agents, support a secure border, and stop pretending that law enforcement is the enemy.
