Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has blasted the FBI for leaking sensitive information regarding a “large scale” ICE raid to the press.
Noem vowed that FBI agents would be prosecuted “to the fullest extent” for doing so.
In a post on X, the DHS chief raged over a Los Angeles Times article that gave details of a planned “large scale” raid on the California city.
“The FBI is so corrupt,” Noem wrote.
“We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law.”
In Los Angeles, thousands have been protesting ICE and President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration enforcement.
Violence erupted when one 17-year-old protester was stabbed on Friday.
He remains in critical condition.
Noem has been all over the U.S. and elsewhere making sure Trump’s immigration policies are implemented as ordered.
Earlier this month, Noem went to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to oversee violent criminal detainees being sent there.
“My message to criminal alien murderers, rapists, child predators, and gangsters: do not come to this country or we will hunt you down, find you, and lock you up,” she wrote.
On the ground in Guantanamo Bay. President Trump said from the start: criminal illegals have no place in our homeland.
He is keeping his promise.
Guantanamo Bay is now being used to detain high-threat illegal aliens. pic.twitter.com/z05iX9Zajs
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 8, 2025
Critical corporate media sources have nicknamed Noem “ICE Barbie” for her frequent appearances and the way she dresses.
However, Noem is not giving them any heed.
“These stupid, sexist criticisms are garbage,” she wrote on social media.
“While insecure, insignificant, and idiotic people decide to personally attack me, I’ll just be over here helping President Trump make America safe again.”
Messaging from Noem and other Trump officials like border czar Tom Homan has clearly gotten out to some of its intended audience–potential illegal border crossers.
Leaked data from Customs and Border Protection shows that so far in February, an average of 359 illegal immigrants have been caught trying to cross the border.
That is down more than 90% since Trump returned to the White House.
If numbers remain this low, it could be the lowest in almost 60 years.
That’s “almost a lifetime,” executive director at the Center for Immigration Studies Mark Krikorian told the New York Post.
