Immigration Enforcement and ICE Detention

Senators Dick Durbin and Jamie Raskin have asked the Justice Department to investigate former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for perjury, submitting a criminal referral alleging she made false sworn statements — notably that a $220 million DHS ad campaign went through a competitive bidding process and that President Trump knew about and approved it. The referral outlines four categories of alleged falsehoods (including Corey Lewandowski’s role and whether immigration enforcement detained U.S. citizens), cites a Reuters interview in which Trump contradicted Noem’s claim, flags GOP concerns that contracts may not have been competitively bid and involved firms tied to ex‑DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, and notes a DHS spokesperson called the perjury allegations “categorically FALSE.”