U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a roundtable discussion with local ranchers and employees from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan. 7, 2026 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — A growing number of U.S. House Democrats are pushing for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s impeachment after another fatal shooting of an American citizen by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis this month.  

At least 164 members — more than three-fourths of all House Democrats, who total 213 — backed an impeachment resolution against Noem as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the office of Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly, who authored the measure. 

“Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said in a statement Tuesday.

Kelly’s three articles of impeachment against Noem accuse the secretary of obstruction of Congress, violation of public trust and self-dealing. The resolution came after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis.  

Democratic calls for Noem’s impeachment grew even louder after federal agents fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Jan. 24. 

President Donald Trump’s administration has taken heat for its immigration enforcement tactics and appeared to dial down its rhetoric following the shooting. 

Republicans control the U.S. House with a narrow 218-member majority.

In a statement shared with States Newsroom on Tuesday, Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the department, said, “DHS enforces the laws Congress passes, period,” adding that “if certain members don’t like those laws, changing them is literally their job.” 

“While (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers are facing a staggering 1,300% spike in assaults, too many politicians would rather defend criminals and attack the men and women who are enforcing our laws and did nothing while Joe Biden facilitated an invasion of tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country,” McLaughlin said. “It’s time they focus on protecting the American people, the work this Department is doing every day under Secretary Noem’s leadership.”

Here’s a list of the Democratic co-sponsors, as of Tuesday afternoon, per Kelly’s office: 

Alabama

• Rep. Terri Sewell
• Rep. Shomari Figures

Arizona

• Rep. Yassamin Ansari
• Rep. Adelita Grijalva

California

• Rep. Nanette Barragán
• Rep. Julia Brownley
• Rep. Salud Carbajal
• Rep. Judy Chu
• Rep. Lou Correa
• Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
• Rep. Laura Friedman
• Rep. John Garamendi
• Rep. Jimmy Gomez
• Rep. Jared Huffman
• Rep. Sara Jacobs
• Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove
• Rep. Doris Matsui
• Rep. Dave Min
• Rep. Kevin Mullin
• Rep. Luz Rivas
• Rep. Linda Sánchez
• Rep. Brad Sherman
• Rep. Lateefah Simon
• Rep. Eric Swalwell
• Rep. Mark Takano
• Rep. Mike Thompson
• Rep. Norma Torres
• Rep. Juan Vargas
• Rep. Maxine Waters
• Rep. Sam Liccardo
• Rep. Scott Peters
• Rep. Raul Ruiz
• Rep. Rob Garcia
• Rep. Mike Levin
• Rep. Gil Cisneros
• Rep. Zoe Lofgren
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Colorado

• Rep. Diana DeGette
• Rep. Brittany Pettersen
• Rep. Joe Neguse
• Rep. Jason Crow

Connecticut

• Rep. John Larson
• Rep. Joe Courtney
• Rep. Jahana Hayes
• Rep. Rosa DeLauro

Delaware

• Rep. Sarah McBride

District of Columbia 

• Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton* 

Florida

• Rep. Lois Frankel
• Rep. Maxwell Frost
• Rep. Darren Soto
• Rep. Kathy Castor
• Rep. Frederica Wilson
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Georgia

• Rep. Nikema Williams
• Rep. Hank Johnson

Hawaii

• Rep. Jill Tokuda

Illinois

• Rep. Nikki Budzinski
• Rep. Sean Casten
• Rep. Danny Davis
• Rep. Chuy García
• Rep. Jonathan Jackson
• Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
• Rep. Mike Quigley
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky
• Rep. Eric Sorensen
• Rep. Bill Foster

Indiana

• Rep. André Carson
• Rep. Frank Mrvan

Kentucky

• Rep. Morgan McGarvey

Louisiana 

• Rep. Troy Carter

Maine

• Rep. Chellie Pingree

Maryland

• Rep. Sarah Elfreth
• Rep. April McClain Delaney
• Rep. Kweisi Mfume
• Rep. Johnny Olszewski
• Rep. Steny Hoyer

Massachusetts

• Rep. Bill Keating
• Rep. Stephen Lynch
• Rep. Jim McGovern
• Rep. Seth Moulton
• Rep. Lori Trahan
• Rep. Jake Auchincloss
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley
• Rep. Richard Neal

Michigan

• Rep. Haley Stevens
• Rep. Shri Thanedar
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib
• Rep. Debbie Dingell

Minnesota

• Rep. Angie Craig
• Rep. Betty McCollum
• Rep. Kelly Morrison
• Rep. Ilhan Omar

Mississippi

• Rep. Bennie Thompson

Missouri

• Rep. Wesley Bell

Nevada

• Rep. Dina Titus
• Rep. Steven Horsford
• Rep. Susie Lee

New Hampshire 

• Rep. Chris Pappas

New Jersey

• Rep. LaMonica McIver
• Rep. Rob Menendez
• Rep. Donald Norcross
• Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman

New Mexico

• Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
• Rep. Melanie Stansbury
• Rep. Gabe Vasquez

New York

• Rep. Yvette Clarke
• Rep. Adriano Espaillat
• Rep. Dan Goldman
• Rep. Tim Kennedy
• Rep. Jerry Nadler
• Rep. Paul Tonko
• Rep. Ritchie Torres
• Rep. Nydia Velázquez
• Rep. Laura Gillen
• Rep. Gregory Meeks
• Rep. Grace Meng
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Rep. George Latimer
• Rep. Pat Ryan
• Rep. John Mannion

North Carolina

• Rep. Alma Adams
• Rep. Valerie Foushee
• Rep. Deborah Ross

Ohio

• Rep. Joyce Beatty
• Rep. Shontel Brown
• Rep. Greg Landsman

Oregon

• Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
• Rep. Maxine Dexter
• Rep. Val Hoyle
• Rep. Andrea Salinas
• Rep. Janelle Bynum

Pennsylvania

• Rep. Brendan Boyle
• Rep. Madeleine Dean
• Rep. Chris Deluzio
• Rep. Dwight Evans
• Rep. Summer Lee
• Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon
• Rep. Chrissy Houlahan

Rhode Island

• Rep. Gabe Amo

Tennessee

• Rep. Steve Cohen

Texas

• Rep. Greg Casar
• Rep. Joaquin Castro
• Rep. Jasmine Crockett
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett
• Rep. Veronica Escobar
• Rep. Sylvia Garcia
• Rep. Al Green
• Rep. Julie Johnson
• Rep. Lizzie Fletcher
• Rep. Vicente Gonzalez

Vermont

• Rep. Becca Balint

Virginia

• Rep. Suhas Subramanyam
• Rep. James Walkinshaw
• Rep. Bobby Scott
• Rep. Don Beyer
• Rep. Eugene Vindman
• Rep. Jennifer McClellan

Washington

• Rep. Pramila Jayapal
• Rep. Emily Randall
• Rep. Adam Smith
• Rep. Marilyn Strickland
• Rep. Suzan DelBene

Wisconsin

• Rep. Gwen Moore
• Rep. Mark Pocan

*Norton is the non-voting delegate who represents Washington, D.C., in Congress. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats Wednesday introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after a deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer.

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to States Newsroom’s request for comment. 

The three articles of impeachment were introduced by Illinois Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly. Nearly 70 Democrats have co-signed, but as the minority party in both chambers, any support or movement for the articles will likely only occur if Democrats win the midterm elections and flip the House. 

“She needs to be held accountable for her actions,” Kelly said. “Renee Nicole Good is dead because Secretary Noem allowed her DHS agents to run amok.”

On Jan. 7, 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by federal immigration officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. Federal immigration officers have intensified immigration enforcement, leading to massive pushback from the community there and protests across the country. 

The articles from Kelly accuse Noem of obstructing Congress after lawmakers were denied oversight visits at DHS facilities that hold immigrants; violating public trust through due process violations of U.S. citizens’ and immigrants’ rights and aggressive warrantless arrests in immigration enforcement; and misusing $200 million in taxpayer funds by awarding a contract to a company run by the husband of DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, according to ProPublica.

A dozen members of Congress have sued Noem over those denied visits at ICE facilities to conduct oversight and were granted a stay to that policy by a federal judge. But Noem issued a new policy and last weekend several Minnesota lawmakers were blocked from visits to ICE facilities. 

A federal judge is currently probing to see if the new policy from Noem violates her court order from December. 

Kelly was joined by several Democrats, including Minnesota’s Angie Craig, who represents a swing district. 

“We are being terrorized by Homeland Security and ICE,” Craig said. “This has crossed a line. This rogue agency is violating the rights of American citizens in our communities, and last Wednesday … the escalation by ICE in our communities got Renee Good killed.”

Noem would not be the only Homeland Secretary to be impeached, should the House take that action. 

In 2024, Republicans impeached the Biden administration’s DHS secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, on the grounds that he lied to Congress that the southern border was secure and that he violated his duty when he rolled back several Trump-era immigration policies. 

The Senate, then controlled by Democrats, dismissed the articles of impeachment. 

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, speaks at a press conference with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Jan. 13, 2026. At left is a photo of Renee Good, 37, who was killed by an immigration officer in Minneapolis.(Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)

WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus announced Tuesday they will oppose any federal funding for immigration enforcement following the deadly shooting of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis. 

“Our caucus will oppose all funding for immigration enforcement in any appropriations bills until meaningful reforms are enacted to end militarized policing practices,” Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who represents Minneapolis, said during a press conference.

Last week, federal immigration officer Jonathan Ross killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, which has seen a drastic increase in immigration enforcement for weeks following allegations of fraud. After the shooting, massive protests against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement occurred in Minnesota and across the country.

The U.S. Senate is moving forward with the remaining appropriations bills for Congress to avoid a partial shutdown by a Jan. 30 deadline, and negotiations continue over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that  funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement is “one of the major issues that the appropriators are confronting right now.” 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota said the appropriations bill for “Homeland is obviously the hardest one,” and that flat funding, or a continuing resolution, for the agency is the likely outcome.

Members of the Progressive Caucus are pushing for reforms including a ban on federal immigration officers wearing face coverings, the requirement of a warrant for an arrest and greater oversight of private detention facilities that hold immigrants. 

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Congress also needs to pass legislation to roll back the billions allocated to the Department of Homeland Security last summer in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The massive GOP spending and tax cuts package provided a huge budget increase to DHS for immigration enforcement of roughly $175 billion. 

“We have to urgently pass legislation to roll back the excessive funding for immigration enforcement” in the spending and tax cuts package, Jayapal said. “We cannot support additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without seriously meaningful and significant reforms to the way that federal authorities conduct activity in our cities, our communities and our neighborhoods.”

Progressives press Jeffries

The Progressive Caucus has nearly 100 Democratic House members. Those members joining the press conference included Omar, Jayapal, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Chuy Garcia of Illinois, Delia Ramirez of Illinois and Maxine Dexter of Oregon. 

Garcia, who is the whip of the Progressive Caucus, said the group has informed House Leader Hakeem Jeffries of their position, but did not say if Jeffries supported slashing DHS funds. 

“They are very concerned, and they also share our sentiment that we need to do something to bring reform, to bring change to stop the lawlessness, the cruelty and the abuse of power that’s taking place within ICE and (Customs and Border Patrol) and DHS,” he said of Democratic leadership. 

While Democrats do not control either chamber, one tool lawmakers have used amid the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration campaign is the power of congressional oversight of federal facilities that house immigrants and are funded by Congress. 

But following the shooting in Minnesota, several lawmakers were denied an oversight visit to a federal ICE facility, a move that Democrats argue violates a court order. 

There will be an emergency hearing in the District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday on a new Trump administration policy that argues those facilities are funded through the spending and tax cuts package and therefore exempt from unannounced oversight visits. 

Jayapal called the reasoning “a B.S. argument, and hopefully the court is going to see that.” 

Investigations urged

Jayapal added that there also needs to be “independent investigations of lawlessness and violence by immigration agents and border patrol agents, and meaningful consequences for those who commit these acts of violence, not a slap on the wrist.”

Dexter, who represents part of Portland, Oregon, where two people were shot by CBP the same week Good was shot and killed, agreed.

“One thing is absolutely clear, when any law enforcement officer fires a weapon in any community, the public must have answers to questions,” Dexter said.

Ramirez said there needs to be greater accountability beyond appropriations, and said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should be impeached. 

Illinois Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly is planning to introduce articles of impeachment for Noem on three counts: obstructing Congress, violating public trust and self-dealing. While such a move likely would be uphill in the House, Republicans at the moment control the chamber by a very narrow margin.

“DHS and ICE have been empowered through a lack of oversight and too much latitude to violate our rights under the pretense of security and safety,” Ramirez said.

Frost said that Congress needs to assert its control over appropriations as a check against the Trump administration.  

“We cannot depend on this administration to police themselves and an end to the enforcement practices that are terrorizing our communities,” Frost said. 

Jennifer Shutt contributed to this report. 

Republican leaders in the state Legislature called Friday for Judge Hannah Dugan to resign or be impeached after a federal jury convicted her this week of a felony charge in connection with an immigration enforcement action in April at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)

Republican leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature called Friday for Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan to either resign or face impeachment after her conviction Thursday on a federal felony obstruction charge during an immigration enforcement action in the Milwaukee County courthouse in April.

“If Judge Dugan does not resign from her office immediately, the Assembly will begin impeachment proceedings,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August (R-Walworth) said in a joint statement issued Friday.  “Wisconsinites deserve to know that their judiciary is impartial and that justice is blind. Judge Hannah Dugan is neither, and her privilege of serving the people of Wisconsin has come to an end.” 

They noted that the last time that a Wisconsin judge was impeached was in 1853. Republican lawmakers have also introduced a bill that would withhold pay for suspended judges. 

After a four-day trial, a federal court jury convicted Dugan of felony obstruction for allowing a man who was in the country without legal authorization to exit her courtroom using a non-public hallway in April. Prosecutors argued that Dugan was trying to help the man avoid plainclothes  federal immigration agents who were waiting in the public hallway outside her court. 

Judge Dugan found guilty of felony obstruction in federal trial 

The jury found Dugan not guilty on a second charge of concealing the man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, from federal agents. Dugan was suspended with pay by the Wisconsin Supreme Court after her arrest by FBI agents in April. 

In closing arguments, prosecutors cast Dugan as being angry due to the influx of ICE agents in the courthouse and said no one should second-guess law enforcement, including immigration officers. Defense attorneys told jurors that courthouse immigration arrests had created an environment of unease and that the federal government was trying to make an example of Dugan.

No sentencing date has been set for Dugan. Attorney Steven Biskupic, who helped represent Dugan, has said that his team plans to appeal the conviction.

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