Trump fires colorful symbol of his immigration crackdown after high-profile killings and alleged affair
Published
March 5, 2026 3:30PM (EST)
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as she speaks during a news conference in the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters on January 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — one of the Trump administration’s most colorful characters, mocked as “Concentration Camp Barbie” by the president’s foes — was dismissed by President Trump on Thursday. This follows widely reported rumors about Noem’s personal life and a controversial wave of paramilitary-style attacks on U.S. cities unleashed by her department, the incarceration and deportation of thousands of immigrants and multiple killings of civilians, including U.S. citizens, by officers in agencies under Noem’s purview.
