Ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security tells Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary “Your department is out of control”
“You are brazenly violating the law, every hour of every day,” Sen. Murphy tells DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in a meeting about Trump’s Fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told DHS Secretary Kristi Noem that she has been “flagrantly ignoring proper use of the funding that Congress has already appropriated to DHS,” and explained to her how she has been violating the legal rights of immigrants. Sen. Murphy told Noem her actions “violate the Constitution and the rule of law.”
Secretary of Homeland Secutity Kristi Noem dresses up like a firefighter to participate in a drill with the Coast guard in Kodiak, AK (Photo: AP)
Here is a portion of what Sen. Murphy said to Secretary Noem in the meeting:
Noem cosplays being a member of the U.s. Coast Guard (Photo: Instagram) Noem was a former South Dakota Snow Queen in high school.
“I say this with seriousness and respect, but your department is out of control. You are spending like you don’t have a budget. You’re on the verge of running out of money for the fiscal year. You are illegally refusing to spend funds that have been authorized by this Congress and appropriated by this committee. You are ignoring the immigration laws of this nation implementing a brand new immigration system that you have invented, that has little relation to the statutes that you are required, and that you are commanded to follow, as spelled out in your oath of office. You are routinely violating the rights of immigrants who may not be citizens, but whether you like it or not, they have constitutional and statutory rights when they reside in the United States. Your agency acts as if laws don’t matter, as if the election gave you some mandate to violate the Constitution and the laws passed by this Congress. It did not give you that mandate. You act as if your disagreement with the law, or even the public’s disagreement with the law, is relevant and gives you the ability to create your own law. It does not give you that ability. You are on track to trigger the Anti-Deficiency Act. That means you’re going to spend more money than you’ve been allocated by Congress. This is a rare occurrence and it is wildly illegal. Your agency will be broke by July, over 2 months before the end of the fiscal year. You may not think that Congress has provided enough money to ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], but the
Noem poses with a gun for a photo op for DHS. Noem was criticized for the way she held the gun, which appeared to be pointed at the head of the officer next to her. (Photo: DHS promotional photo)
Constitution and the federal law does not allow you to spend more money than you have been given, or to invent money, and this obsession with spending at the border, as the chairwoman mentioned, has left the country unprotected elsewhere. The security threats to the United States are higher, not lower, than before Trump came to office to fund the border. You have illegally gutted spending for cyber security. As we speak, Russian and Chinese hackers are having a field day attacking our nation. You’ve withdrawn funds for disaster prevention. Storms are going to kill more people in this country because of your illegal withholding of these funds. Your myopia about the border, fueled by President Trump’s prejudice against people who speak a different language, has shattered many of this country’s most important defenses.
Kristi Noem cosplays being an ICE agent, wearing her $50,000 Rolex watch. (Photo: Instagram)
Now, let’s talk about the impoundments. When Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose, the administration has no discretion as to whether to spend or not spend that money, unless you go through a very specific process with this committee. Let me give you two of many instances of this illegal impoundment: The first is a Shelter in Services Program. Senator Britt may want to zero that account out, but that account is funded, and it was funded in a bipartisan way. You don’t like the program. Your policy is to treat migrants badly. I think that’s abhorrent, but it doesn’t matter that you don’t like the program. You cannot cancel spending on this program and you cannot use the funds, as you have, to fund other things like ICE. You’ve also canceled citizenship and integration grants, which help lawful permanent residents become citizens, helping them take the citizenship test. I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants, but that goal is not broadly shared by the American public. That’s why Congress in a bipartisan way, for decades, has funded this program to help immigrants in this country become citizens.”
Kristie Noem appears on TV wearing a cowboy hat (Photo: YouTube)
39 thoughts on “Ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security tells Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary “Your department is out of control””
badhatharry
Exactly!
I am just saying that people read the headlines and go from there.
I am not in favor of regulating prices, but I do know that Europe pays far less than we do so something is out of whack. Probably because they have universal health care and we end up paying for it.
And for some reason Kennedy was over the moon about the announcement, saying it’s been promised by the dems for years and it’s finally happening under Trump.
I need to read some racist right wing analysis before I speak further.
You read plenty, from what I’ve seen. You ought to hold your nose and read some things by democrats instead of about democrats. You might find out they aren’t as bad as you’ve been told.
I do read articles by democrats.
I read POLITICO. I listen to people like Aaron Mate and Michael Tracy and Glen Greenwald. I glance at Jacobin and frequent several “never Trump” sites. I always wind up my day with watching MSNBC. Last night the panel was laughing about Trump’s drug price extravaganza.
The thing is…most of what they write and say pertains to Trump. He should be getting royalties for providing them with content for the last ten years.
As I said, if the case goes through, everyone will be deposed and we will learn the truth. I was merely pointing out that she is disputing the claim and that there is another side to the story and it’s always good to look and see.
I did a search for ICE/Grand Junction and found a facility on Commercial St.
What are you patriots waiting for? You certainly don’t need 50501 or Indivisible or even the Democrats of Grand Valley to tell you to do your patriotic duty, do you?
It’s time to put Grand Junction on the map.
Our country is depending on you.
Protesting around ICE facilities might end up being the eye of the storm this summer.
Maybe it should start earlier because lefties might get wind of the stock market rebounding, prescription drug prices being slashed and historic drug busts happening weekly…and they might wonder why exactly they are supposed to hate Trump.
Maybe, if they forget that the stock market hit record highs under Biden. Not to mention that it’s rebounding from the near crash that Trump’s tariffs caused. And that Biden cut prescription drug prices during his administration, which Trump then rescinded, but you want to give him credit for doing the same thing that Biden did first? Huh.
The behavior of the Homeland Security Secretary is obscene along with the rest of them. So hard to process who these people are.
Thank you, Anne, for all the info you provide.
Please name a department head under a Democratic administration that did what Noem is doing.
You know, never mind. You’ll just post accusations and claims without a shred of evidence, as usual. And when we look into it we’ll find you were lied to, just like the Obama deporting millions of people without due process claim. Nothing ever changes.
I’m still waiting for the name of the senator you said saw Garcia in jail.
If you believe that the democrats are lily white, you’re delusional.
The history of corruption in politics and skewing narratives takes up entire libraries. It’s a very sad thing that we can’t entirely trust those in power, but that’s just the way it is.
The only way to be is skeptical of everything. You might end up finding some truth that way.
Chris Van Holland from Maryland. I’m sure your sources never mentioned that. And I never said the Democtrats were lily white, but they aren’t actively dismantling our democracy either.
And I am skeptical of everything. Especially anything you post, because it’s always either completely false or lacking major context. Invariably.
Well he sure didn’t claim that he did and if he did, he would have shouted to the rooftops…or did you have a secret margarita meeting with Chris where he whispered in your ear?
The meeting was well publicized and everyone saw it.
You said there was a senator who met with him in prison.
Too bad for you that I have a fabulous memory.
It must serve you in some way to be so disingenuous and then accuse others of being so.
Projection.
badhatharry
PS. I will say here that there were a lot of people (ACLU ) who criticized Obama’s due process.
But as far as ICE and Noem…what you always fail to mention is that Biden opened the border, lied about it and left the mess for Trump to clean up. I would say that is a million times worse than what is being done today and that’s why I couldn’t care less about their missteps.
It’s like letting your dog s**t on the rug and then complaining about the way people are cleaning it up.
Absolutely. The one you live in, where anyone with darker skin than you is suspicious and guilty until proven innocent, and the real world where things that actually happen have evidence.
This is the way things usually end up with people like you. I have never said anything about skin color but you accuse me of being biased. All I am against is people coming into our country illegally, which is what was allowed (by the millions) by the Biden administration. You alternately deny that happened or ask me for proof, which is why I suggested you live in an alternate universe.
Play your game, Scott. I am neither impressed or intimidated.
Oh, I’m sure you’re not racist, harry (wink). You just support them, parrot their talking points without question and turn a blind eye to the racist actions they take. Are you a racist? Maybe not, but at this poiint, you might as well be. I don’t see much of a difference.
But i am curious…which racist talking points do I parrot?
Scott
I said you parrot the claims OF racists. One of the biggest is the claim that Biden let millions of illegals in during his administration. Fear-mongering is a racist trope to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment. You have certainly demonstrated anti-immigrant sentiment. Oh, I know, I know, it only ILLEGAL immigrants that you have a problem with, but as long as they have you believing there are millions that snuck across the border, you won’t be too inclined to protest when they start grabbing brown people off the streets and shipping them to foreign prisons. You did mention something the other day about being okay with skipping due process for them because of how many there were, didn’t you?
You are a classic example of what I was talking about. But you’re not racist. You’re just a dupe that fell for their claims.
badhatharry
So here we are again…you saying that there weren’t millions who crossed the border. Your next move will be that I have to somehow prove that there ere were and that because I believe this I have fallen for the lies of racists, which makes me racist ajacent.
As I say, you have an inscrutable logic that is aimed at what?
Calling out and labeling people you just don’t li ke and laying traps that you imagine are the final word?
As I have said, there is a big problem with allowing a lot of people to enter the US illegally, largely because no provisions were made and I dont think it’s crazy to believe it was done purposefully.
You may be fine with that.
You may simply be an open borders type. But if you are…then stand up for that and argue from there.
I am wondering if all this is tied up with your stance about having Jerod Taylor speak at CMU. At one point you said, certian things don’t need to be presented because students shouldn’t have to look at too many ideas…too confusing. The logical end game in that scenario is that people should only be exposed to ideas that good people like you approve of.
That would be a much better world which hopefully will never materialize.
Scott
I’m saying you have been lied to before, and believed it. You have no evidence that Biden willingly allowed ten million immigrants in illegally, yet you believe it unquestioningly. There is a thing called burden of proof. Conservatives tend to dislike this concept because so many of their beliefs are based on nothing but accusations, but in the real world the person making the claim has the burden of providing evidence for that claim. You cannot do so, and you have swallowed this lie for so long you cannot imagine it not being true. You have stated that Biden is a traitor to the country for this, and you can’t even prove it happened. You were lied to about Obama. Consider the possibility you might have been lied to about Biden.
badhatharry
Still thinking.
You say that it’s a lie that Biden let millions of illegals in during his administration.
And that that lie is designed to provoke fear and hatred of immigrants.
I have a more plausible idea. The Biden administration opened the border, maligned border patrol agents for “strapping” people and lied repeatedly. By the way, most of the border agents are *brown* as you like to say.
I say, that despite the fact that Biden’s brain didnt work…this whole thing was designed to create fear and chaos in the name of hating Republicans. Just look at the tags Anne puts on her posts. It’s irrational and very exploitable. The people at the top absolutely knew this would trigger a crisis as images of poor immigrant women and children being deported were aired throughout the land.
And guess what. They got their crisis.
May the good guys win.
badhatharry
As far as Biden willingly opening the border…who is to say if he knew about anything?
As far as being lied to about Obama…are you referring to his deportation measures? It’s true that I was relying on the ACLU, who didn’t like them but certainly didn’t rise up against their teammate.
The border was illegallyopen to the public…full stop. Maybe Kamala did it…since she was the border czar.
Scott
As I said, you’re going to believe whatever you need to justify your hatred of Democrats. You just proved my point. Have a nice day.
Two soulless creatures who replicate Trump Barbies, leave you HotHarry?
Senator Murphy said out loud what every public administration and department is undergoing, complete chaos and unauthorized spending for delusional drama!
Oh yes, Murphy gave quite the performance! It happens all the time.
My point is that this kind of made for the cameras performance seldom makes a difference.
Megyn Kelly, who has been cosplaying a twenty five year old hottie for the last fifteen years, complains about Kristi Noem!
And I know the thrill of having a republican congressman ripping into a democrat… guns a blazing!
I used to think it actually meant something only to be sorely disappointed. I’m sure Murphy will be featured on all the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Kristi Noem charged around $750,000 to her SD issued credit card during her 6 years as governor. She seems to be a “spend on her own pleasure” type person & looks like now the taxpayers of the whole country will have to foot the bill for her extravagance.
“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took legal action against The Dakota Scout, accusing the South Dakota-based news outlet of falsely reporting that she personally racked up $650,000 dollars in government credit card expenses during her tenure as governor. Noem’s legal team sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the publication retract its claims, arguing that Noem had charged only $2,056.72 of the total. “
A lawsuit being filed most certainly does not mean there is substance to the claim, as the many lawsuits that Trump has filed only to be thrown out for lack of evidence attest. Of course, you will claim that’s just evidence of bias against Trump, but what can you do?
Exactly!
I am just saying that people read the headlines and go from there.
I am not in favor of regulating prices, but I do know that Europe pays far less than we do so something is out of whack. Probably because they have universal health care and we end up paying for it.
And for some reason Kennedy was over the moon about the announcement, saying it’s been promised by the dems for years and it’s finally happening under Trump.
I need to read some racist right wing analysis before I speak further.
You read plenty, from what I’ve seen. You ought to hold your nose and read some things by democrats instead of about democrats. You might find out they aren’t as bad as you’ve been told.
I do read articles by democrats.
I read POLITICO. I listen to people like Aaron Mate and Michael Tracy and Glen Greenwald. I glance at Jacobin and frequent several “never Trump” sites. I always wind up my day with watching MSNBC. Last night the panel was laughing about Trump’s drug price extravaganza.
The thing is…most of what they write and say pertains to Trump. He should be getting royalties for providing them with content for the last ten years.
They’re gonna miss him when he’s gone.
As I said, if the case goes through, everyone will be deposed and we will learn the truth. I was merely pointing out that she is disputing the claim and that there is another side to the story and it’s always good to look and see.
Democracy!
I did a search for ICE/Grand Junction and found a facility on Commercial St.
What are you patriots waiting for? You certainly don’t need 50501 or Indivisible or even the Democrats of Grand Valley to tell you to do your patriotic duty, do you?
It’s time to put Grand Junction on the map.
Our country is depending on you.
Protesting around ICE facilities might end up being the eye of the storm this summer.
Maybe it should start earlier because lefties might get wind of the stock market rebounding, prescription drug prices being slashed and historic drug busts happening weekly…and they might wonder why exactly they are supposed to hate Trump.
Maybe, if they forget that the stock market hit record highs under Biden. Not to mention that it’s rebounding from the near crash that Trump’s tariffs caused. And that Biden cut prescription drug prices during his administration, which Trump then rescinded, but you want to give him credit for doing the same thing that Biden did first? Huh.
No… I didn’t say that. But if a person files a suit (a serious act) there is some evidence that the allegations made by the newspaper were scurrilous.
There is some also evidence that the reporter had it out for Noem. It all remains to be seen because the credit card charges do exist.
The behavior of the Homeland Security Secretary is obscene along with the rest of them. So hard to process who these people are.
Thank you, Anne, for all the info you provide.
Don’t you understand that they *all* act this way?…yes, your side, too.
The difference is that you don’t mind or notice when your side does it. It’s the battle of the narratives.
This, apparently, is the American way.
Please name a department head under a Democratic administration that did what Noem is doing.
You know, never mind. You’ll just post accusations and claims without a shred of evidence, as usual. And when we look into it we’ll find you were lied to, just like the Obama deporting millions of people without due process claim. Nothing ever changes.
I’m still waiting for the name of the senator you said saw Garcia in jail.
If you believe that the democrats are lily white, you’re delusional.
The history of corruption in politics and skewing narratives takes up entire libraries. It’s a very sad thing that we can’t entirely trust those in power, but that’s just the way it is.
The only way to be is skeptical of everything. You might end up finding some truth that way.
Chris Van Holland from Maryland. I’m sure your sources never mentioned that. And I never said the Democtrats were lily white, but they aren’t actively dismantling our democracy either.
And I am skeptical of everything. Especially anything you post, because it’s always either completely false or lacking major context. Invariably.
He didn’t visit Garcia in jail.
So you claim.
Well he sure didn’t claim that he did and if he did, he would have shouted to the rooftops…or did you have a secret margarita meeting with Chris where he whispered in your ear?
He did meet with Garcia. But just ignore that part.
The meeting was well publicized and everyone saw it.
You said there was a senator who met with him in prison.
Too bad for you that I have a fabulous memory.
It must serve you in some way to be so disingenuous and then accuse others of being so.
Projection.
PS. I will say here that there were a lot of people (ACLU ) who criticized Obama’s due process.
But as far as ICE and Noem…what you always fail to mention is that Biden opened the border, lied about it and left the mess for Trump to clean up. I would say that is a million times worse than what is being done today and that’s why I couldn’t care less about their missteps.
It’s like letting your dog s**t on the rug and then complaining about the way people are cleaning it up.
It was done on purpose.
You just can’t prove that it actually happened. Same story, different day.
You are proof positive that there is such a thing as a multiverse.
Absolutely. The one you live in, where anyone with darker skin than you is suspicious and guilty until proven innocent, and the real world where things that actually happen have evidence.
ah yes…the race card.
This is the way things usually end up with people like you. I have never said anything about skin color but you accuse me of being biased. All I am against is people coming into our country illegally, which is what was allowed (by the millions) by the Biden administration. You alternately deny that happened or ask me for proof, which is why I suggested you live in an alternate universe.
Play your game, Scott. I am neither impressed or intimidated.
Oh, I’m sure you’re not racist, harry (wink). You just support them, parrot their talking points without question and turn a blind eye to the racist actions they take. Are you a racist? Maybe not, but at this poiint, you might as well be. I don’t see much of a difference.
Wrong (wink)
But i am curious…which racist talking points do I parrot?
I said you parrot the claims OF racists. One of the biggest is the claim that Biden let millions of illegals in during his administration. Fear-mongering is a racist trope to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment. You have certainly demonstrated anti-immigrant sentiment. Oh, I know, I know, it only ILLEGAL immigrants that you have a problem with, but as long as they have you believing there are millions that snuck across the border, you won’t be too inclined to protest when they start grabbing brown people off the streets and shipping them to foreign prisons. You did mention something the other day about being okay with skipping due process for them because of how many there were, didn’t you?
You are a classic example of what I was talking about. But you’re not racist. You’re just a dupe that fell for their claims.
So here we are again…you saying that there weren’t millions who crossed the border. Your next move will be that I have to somehow prove that there ere were and that because I believe this I have fallen for the lies of racists, which makes me racist ajacent.
As I say, you have an inscrutable logic that is aimed at what?
Calling out and labeling people you just don’t li ke and laying traps that you imagine are the final word?
As I have said, there is a big problem with allowing a lot of people to enter the US illegally, largely because no provisions were made and I dont think it’s crazy to believe it was done purposefully.
You may be fine with that.
You may simply be an open borders type. But if you are…then stand up for that and argue from there.
I am wondering if all this is tied up with your stance about having Jerod Taylor speak at CMU. At one point you said, certian things don’t need to be presented because students shouldn’t have to look at too many ideas…too confusing. The logical end game in that scenario is that people should only be exposed to ideas that good people like you approve of.
That would be a much better world which hopefully will never materialize.
I’m saying you have been lied to before, and believed it. You have no evidence that Biden willingly allowed ten million immigrants in illegally, yet you believe it unquestioningly. There is a thing called burden of proof. Conservatives tend to dislike this concept because so many of their beliefs are based on nothing but accusations, but in the real world the person making the claim has the burden of providing evidence for that claim. You cannot do so, and you have swallowed this lie for so long you cannot imagine it not being true. You have stated that Biden is a traitor to the country for this, and you can’t even prove it happened. You were lied to about Obama. Consider the possibility you might have been lied to about Biden.
Still thinking.
You say that it’s a lie that Biden let millions of illegals in during his administration.
And that that lie is designed to provoke fear and hatred of immigrants.
I have a more plausible idea. The Biden administration opened the border, maligned border patrol agents for “strapping” people and lied repeatedly. By the way, most of the border agents are *brown* as you like to say.
I say, that despite the fact that Biden’s brain didnt work…this whole thing was designed to create fear and chaos in the name of hating Republicans. Just look at the tags Anne puts on her posts. It’s irrational and very exploitable. The people at the top absolutely knew this would trigger a crisis as images of poor immigrant women and children being deported were aired throughout the land.
And guess what. They got their crisis.
May the good guys win.
As far as Biden willingly opening the border…who is to say if he knew about anything?
As far as being lied to about Obama…are you referring to his deportation measures? It’s true that I was relying on the ACLU, who didn’t like them but certainly didn’t rise up against their teammate.
The border was illegallyopen to the public…full stop. Maybe Kamala did it…since she was the border czar.
As I said, you’re going to believe whatever you need to justify your hatred of Democrats. You just proved my point. Have a nice day.
Giving this 5 stars.
Two soulless creatures who replicate Trump Barbies, leave you HotHarry?
Senator Murphy said out loud what every public administration and department is undergoing, complete chaos and unauthorized spending for delusional drama!
Oh yes, Murphy gave quite the performance! It happens all the time.
My point is that this kind of made for the cameras performance seldom makes a difference.
Megyn Kelly, who has been cosplaying a twenty five year old hottie for the last fifteen years, complains about Kristi Noem!
And I know the thrill of having a republican congressman ripping into a democrat… guns a blazing!
I used to think it actually meant something only to be sorely disappointed. I’m sure Murphy will be featured on all the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Maybe he wants to be the candidate for president.
Kristi Noem charged around $750,000 to her SD issued credit card during her 6 years as governor. She seems to be a “spend on her own pleasure” type person & looks like now the taxpayers of the whole country will have to foot the bill for her extravagance.
Pro-tip…there’s *always* more to the story.
“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took legal action against The Dakota Scout, accusing the South Dakota-based news outlet of falsely reporting that she personally racked up $650,000 dollars in government credit card expenses during her tenure as governor. Noem’s legal team sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the publication retract its claims, arguing that Noem had charged only $2,056.72 of the total. “
Oh, since she denied it then she must be telling the truth. No chance she could be lying, right?
Check everything. Ha!
No… I didn’t say that. But if a person files a suit (a serious act) there is some evidence that the allegations made by the newspaper were scurrilous.
There is some evidence that the reporter had it out for Noem. It all remains to be seen because the credit card charges do exist.
A lawsuit being filed most certainly does not mean there is substance to the claim, as the many lawsuits that Trump has filed only to be thrown out for lack of evidence attest. Of course, you will claim that’s just evidence of bias against Trump, but what can you do?