Voto Latino and more than 50 other organizations are demanding the “immediate impeachment” of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Hill has learned exclusively.
In a letter sent to congressional leaders Monday, the national Hispanic engagement organization and a coalition of other organizations, including the Service Employees International Union, Human Rights Campaign, and United Farm Workers, said they support a formal House resolution introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) last month that called for Noem’s impeachment.
The letter highlights a pattern of conduct including obstruction of congressional oversight, unlawful use of deadly force, targeting of minors — focusing on the recent detention of a 5-year-old — and unlawful raids on U.S. citizens.
“Secretary Noem’s tenure has been defined by a dangerous violation of public trust, obstruction of Congress and oversight, a blatant disregard for constitutional protections, and state-sanctioned conduct that places U.S. citizens and lawful residents in immediate peril,” the letter says.
“Secretary Noem has fundamentally failed to exercise the sound judgment and discretion required of her office,” the letter adds.
Kelly introduced the resolution on the heels of the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a Minnesota woman, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last month. Federal agents shot and killed a man, Alex Pretti, last month during another encounter in Minneapolis.
The resolution currently has more than 187 co-sponsors.
In addition to the letter, Voto Latino and other organizations will launch a national day of action where they will aim to unleash a wave of calls to lawmakers demanding Noem’s impeachment.
“Secretary Noem has fundamentally failed to exercise the sound judgment and constitutional discretion required of her office,” a Voto Latino statement said. “The tragedies in Minnesota … are the devastating results of a department operating without restraint. Under Noem’s stewardship, the DHS has transitioned from a security agency into an instrument of unchecked enforcement that operates outside the bounds of human dignity.”
