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Lawmakers press DHS over deportations of U.S. citizen children and court compliance
Summary
Democrats pressed Secretary Noem about cases in which U.S. citizen children reportedly were removed with parents, citing attorneys’ claims, an April Supreme Court order on detainee hearings, and ICE policies. Noem said parents chose to keep children with them; Democrats and several members asked for documentation and reviews.
Democratic members of the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20 repeatedly pressed Secretary Kristi Noem to explain how the Department of Homeland Security is ensuring due process for people facing removal — including U.S. citizen children who, lawmakers said, were put on planes with detained parents.
Ranking Member Thompson and Representatives Correa, Magaziner and others described cases in which lawyers say parents and guardians were not allowed meaningful access to counsel before removal. Noem replied several times that “the mothers chose to keep their children with them” when returning to their home countries and that DHS “followed the same policies and procedures” it uses to evaluate such cases. She told lawmakers she would provide documentation when available.
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