Kristi Noem doubles down on claim ICE agent killed woman in self-defense
DHS secretary’s claims have been widely disputed with video of shooting showing vehicle turning away from agentUS politics live – latest updatesKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has doubled down on her claim that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot and...
<p>DHS secretary’s claims have been widely disputed with video of shooting showing vehicle turning away from agent</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/08/minneapolis-shooting-ice-minnesota-protests-vigils-donald-trump-latest-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has doubled down on her <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2009058387418562922">claim </a>that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/07/minneapolis-shooting-immigration-crackdown">shot and killed</a> a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis was acting in self-defense and responding to an “act of domestic terrorism”.</p><p>Noem also said that she was “not opposed” to sending additional federal agents to Minneapolis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/kristi-noem-dhs-press-conference-ice">Continue reading...</a>
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