The focus of the hearing is likely to be on how Kristi Noem is pursuing President Trump's mass deportation efforts in his second term, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers.
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock met with city leaders on Monday in Social Circle to hear the city's concern about a planned ICE detention center there — and see the aging infrastructure that cannot handle the extra load to keep drinking water safe.
Hours after the student was taken into custody in her campus apartment, she was released, after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed concerns about the arrest to President Trump.
Documents shared by the Department of Homeland Security with leaders in the town of Social Circle describe a new national model for immigration detention.
The move is another Trump administration effort to limit legal pathways to migration or resettlement, after already curbing the number of admitted refugees and re-reviewing those admitted under the Biden administration.
A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don't get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.
President Trump's immigration policy is complicating Republicans' attempts to maintain control of Congress. A recent crackdown in Maine, for instance, put the focus on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
Communities across the country have been shocked to learn that the Department of Homeland Security wants to use warehouses in their towns for detention space amid the ongoing immigration crackdown. The small Georgia town of Social Circle is one of them.
The disclosure from the agency's acting director came after immigration officers shot two U.S. citizens, intensifying questions about ICE officers' tactics, training and use of force.
The leaders of ICE, Customs and Border Protection and and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will appear for their second oversight hearing this week and as lawmakers tussle over their funding.
The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens.
With the race still too close to call, former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded to challenger Analilia Mejia in a Democratic primary to replace the seat vacated by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, who represents Social Circle, has been a vocal supporter of ICE. He served as the middleman between DHS and local officials who oppose the facility.
