Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Urges Congress to Defund Minnesota ICE Mission, Fire DHS Secretary Noem

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said on CBS that the Trump administration’s Minnesota immigration crackdown "must be terminated" after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti, calling the deployment "broken" and demanding all federal agents be pulled out of the state. He said President Trump should fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as "wholly unqualified" and, if he refuses, Congress should remove her, but stressed his main focus is on whether lawmakers will strip funding for interior ICE operations from the DHS appropriations bill due this week. With a Jan. 30 deadline to avert a partial shutdown, Shapiro urged senators to add explicit language barring money for operations like the Minnesota surge and said there is "bipartisan consensus" that the deployment "is wrong and needs to end," arguing a shutdown is unnecessary if Congress cuts off funds for the mission. His comments add pressure from a prominent swing‑state Democrat to an already volatile fight over DHS funding, impeachment efforts against Noem, and the political fallout from two recent fatal federal shootings in Minneapolis. Any change to DHS funding would still need House approval, where members are currently in recess, underscoring the narrow window for real action before government funding expires.