Kristi Noem’s first full week as Secretary of Homeland Security has centered on aggressive immigration enforcement moves, legal pushback over policy reversals, and high profile victim advocacy. The Department of Homeland Security announced arrests by ICE of what it called the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, with offenses including child sex crimes, assault, larceny, and burglary, and said Noem is hosting a press conference in Chicago to highlight those cases, according to DHS. DHS also said Noem is removing age limits for ICE recruitment to expand the pool of applicants, part of a broader push to accelerate removals and boost enforcement capacity, also reported by TIME.In a separate development, Noem responded to the life without parole sentence of Victor Martinez Hernandez for the 2023 murder of Maryland mother Rachel Morin, saying the killer should never have been in the country and underscoring DHS support for victims, according to Fox News and a DHS press statement. DHS noted the reopening of the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office to provide services and a hotline for families affected by crimes tied to immigration status, per Fox News and DHS.Noem’s policy agenda is already facing court scrutiny. A federal lawsuit, National TPS Alliance v. Noem, challenges DHS decisions to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua with a 60 day wind down. The Clearinghouse case summary reports that on July 31 a federal court postponed the effective date of those terminations until a November merits hearing, after expedited briefing earlier in July. Migrant Insider adds that DHS filed nearly 4,900 pages of administrative records to justify the terminations and that numerous local governments filed an amicus brief urging delay.Advocacy in Congress intensified as well. Representative Julia Brownley, writing on behalf of the Democratic Womens Caucus, urged Secretary Noem and ICE leadership to require clear agent identification and crack down on impersonators, citing reports of masked arrests and risks to women from criminals posing as officers, according to Brownley’s office letter.Recruitment and workforce remain a flashpoint. TIME reports ICE is struggling to hire enough agents to meet daily arrest targets and that Noem’s removal of age limits followed an initial surge of applications that did not meet agency needs. The administration is also contacting retired federal officers to return to service under a return to mission pitch to quickly bolster ranks, TIME reports.According to DHS, Noem is also engaging international partners, meeting Chilean officials on information sharing, Visa Waiver Program compliance, and law enforcement cooperation tied to migration and crime. On social media, Noem thanked President Trump and praised ICE and Customs and Border Protection deployments, as posted on her Instagram account.Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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