Ariz., is joined by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in his disdain for White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller.

The architect of President Donald Trump’s harshest immigration policies is now being sidelined as the White House confronts the repercussions of them. Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff and Homeland Security adviser,

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from her role “is of course not enough” for Democrats to support a funding bill for the department.

Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman urged President Donald Trump to fire Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents, warning the Republican not to repeat the "same mistake" of his predecessor, Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump is contacting lawmakers and "urging them not to shut down the government," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC.

Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, and quickly portrayed by federal immigration leaders as a man with ill intent

“I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty,” John Mitnick said.

Former Trump Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor said that despite his many years at DHS, President Donald Trump has corrupted the organization and is calling for it to be detonated,

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, detained by ICE agents last week along with his father, was a native of Ecuador along with his father, and the pair were pursuing asylum claims in the U.S. ICE agents allegedly used the child as bait to detain his family members.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino have claimed, without providing further evidence, that Pretti arrived at the scene "to inflict maximum damage on individuals.