Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and Fox News big Laura Ingraham recovered themselves successful a tense speech implicit migrant raids Thursday evening.
The caput appeared connected the pundit's primetime amusement wearing a afloat Border Patrol azygous with a greenish chapeau and top.
She besides donned afloat makeup, prompting immoderate to statement her the 'ICE Barbie' for her glamorous yet militarized look.
Noem, who oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successful her relation atop DHS, has been pictured astatine section events dressed successful the aforesaid ensemble respective times this week.
Her outfit was not the root of hostility betwixt Noem and Ingraham, however, that came arsenic a effect of the caput dodging the TV host's questions.
'I’m asking a question due to the fact that I expect an answer,' Ingraham told Noem aft the caput repeatedly avoided the host's questions connected whether sanctuary metropolis leaders volition look repercussions for not complying with Trump's migration orders.
Already ICE has arrested implicit 7,500 aliens since Donald Trump entered office, a White House authoritative revealed to DailyMail.com this week. Deportation efforts person been underway regular since the Republican's inauguration.
Still, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu person each pledged their city's volition not assistance DHS oregon ICE successful apprehending transgression migrants.
Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem tried to dodge Laura Ingraham's questions connected whether sanctuary metropolis mayors are going to look repercussions
Ingraham got fed up aft asking Noem the question 3 times
Noem wearing an ICE ballistic vest portion talking to agents this week
The caput seemed uneasy answering the question erstwhile the Fox News big initially posed it. Ingraham had to inquire Noem 3 times if she 'will spell after' the mayors.
'Yeah, we are inactive going into their communities,' Noem answered earlier the big chopped her off.
'How astir with the officials that interfere with national instrumentality enforcement?' Ingraham asked.
'You know, they will,' Noem began.
'But the national authorities has the authorization to spell successful and to marque their communities safer, particularly these that are perpetuating dangerous.' Noem shared earlier getting chopped disconnected again.
Ingraham interjected: 'But what astir these officials who get successful your way?'
'Will determination beryllium repercussions for them personally?'
Noem again tried to satiate Ingraham's thirst for details: 'The world is these sanctuary cities their laws person caused america problems.'
'They are limiting immoderate of our tools that we privation successful our toolbox, but we’re going to proceed to spell successful and usage our operations and past amusement successful different cities however it’s working, and archer our communicative to the American people,' the caput shared.
Noem wearing ICE tactical cogwheel earlier this week
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, arsenic they behaviour raids with ICE, ATF and Department of Homeland Security officers seeking to apprehension migrants with transgression offenses connected Jan. 28, 2025 successful New York City
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gestures, arsenic President Donald Trump delivers a speech, during the Laken Riley Act signing event, astatine the White House, successful Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025
That reply yet acceptable disconnected Ingraham, who retorted: 'But volition you spell aft them personally? I’m going to inquire for the 3rd time?'
'I’m asking a question due to the fact that I expect an answer. Will you spell aft these idiosyncratic mayors who are saying fundamentally they are going to thwart national authority?'
The big continued: 'You guys person the authorization implicit migration enforcement, they don’t.'
Finally, Noem budged.
'Listen, Laura: Nobody is supra the law. Of people we will,' she said substance of factly earlier adding a caveat.
'But that’s up to President Trump. President Trump gives america the direction. I don’t beryllium present and marque up a determination connected what do. I travel the law. That’s my job.'
'We dainty everybody the aforesaid successful this state present that we person President Trump successful the White House, and is helium going to springiness america absorption connected however we are going to spell aft these individuals,' Noem answered.