Homeland Security Secretary facing ‘surge in death threats’ from terrorist groups and cartels, according to a department spokesperson
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has temporarily moved her personal residence following an increase in threats against her and a case of what a department spokesperson called “vicious doxxing.”
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital on Friday that the relocation was prompted by a “surge in death threats, including from the terrorist organizations, cartels, and criminal gangs that DHS targets,” which followed the publication of the location of Secretary Noem’s Washington D.C. apartment by the media.
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“Due to threats and security concerns, she has been forced to temporarily stay in secure military housing,” McLaughlin said, adding that the Secretary continues to pay rent for her Navy Yard residence.
“It’s a shame that the media chooses sensationalism over the safety of people enforcing America’s laws to keep Americans safe,” McLaughlin stated.
The news of the threats comes as Noem has been vocal about the dangers faced by law enforcement on the front lines of immigration enforcement. Last week, she posted on X that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are now facing a “1000% increase in assaults against them.”
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“We will not and have not let this violence stop us or slow us down,” Noem wrote. “Everyday our law enforcement continues to enforce the law and arrest the most depraved criminals including pedophiles, terrorists, murderers, gang members, and sexual predators.”
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