Kristi Noem to testify before House Judiciary Committee in March

FIRST ON FOX: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee next month, marking her second commitment to testify before Congress amid increased scrutiny of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation program.

Noem will sit for a hearing with the House panel on March 4, Speaker Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital in a brief interview.

Jordan said Noem’s appearance was part of routine oversight of Cabinet members over whom her panel has jurisdiction. He emphasized that this had nothing to do with the Democratic committee’s recent letter of request to Jordan to subpoena Noem for questioning about the two high-profile killings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota during immigration operations.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks in Quito, Ecuador, July 2025. The DHS secretary announced the appointment of a new deputy director of ICE on Thursday. (Getty Images/Alex Brandon)

Both incidents are under investigation by the FBI, but Democrats, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, accused Noem of making premature remarks to “cover up” her department’s mistakes.

Jordan said one of his priorities during the hearing will focus on so-called sanctuary cities and states, which generally have policies in place that limit or prevent local law enforcement from notifying federal authorities of anyone detained in a local jail and whose immigration status is questionable.

Jordan said sanctuary jurisdictions raised a “fundamental question.”

“You have a guy in your prison who did something wrong — that’s why he’s in your prison. — and, oh, he’s also here illegally, and you’re not going to work with ICE. … I think the vast majority of the country thinks that’s just stupid,” Jordan said. “So I think that’s something we need to emphasize.”

Representative Jim Jordan attends a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House office building September 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Noem is also scheduled to appear March 3 before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both testimonies come as DHS has been embroiled in hundreds of court cases challenging the arrests and detentions of suspected illegal immigrants.

It also comes after Noem initially said Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the two U.S. citizens killed by immigration authorities during chaotic altercations in Minnesota, were “domestic terrorists.”

The fact that Noem and other Trump administration officials made such comments about the killings before the conclusion of an investigation sparked backlash, including from some Republicans. President Donald Trump responded by revamping immigration operations in Minnesota, expelling its chief, Greg Bovino, and bringing in border czar Tom Homan.

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White House border czar Tom Homan deployed to Minnesota on January 26, 2026 to lead the state’s immigration crackdown. (Jim Watson/Getty Images)

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Federal authorities continue to investigate whether officers lawfully used deadly force in both incidents.

Trump recently defended Noem in a Truth Social article, accusing “Radical Left Lunatics” of targeting her “because she is a woman and she has done a really GREAT WORK!” »