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Trump sacks Kristi Noem: what does it mean for ICE? – The Latest

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has fired his controversial US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, after weeks of bipartisan complaints about her leadership. As the public face of an aggressive immigration crackdown that prompted lawsuits and nationwide anti-ICE protests, Noem’s year-long tenure was plagued by multiple controversies, including accusing two US citizens killed by immigration agents of ‘domestic terrorism’. What exactly led to Noem’s firing and what do we know about her replacement? Nosheen Iqbal speaks to the Guardian US live news editor Chris Michael watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:09.6

The face, really, of Trump's immigration crackdown, she earned the perhaps slightly unfair moniker, Ice Barbie.

0:17.9

And she was saying all the right things. She was flattering the president. But then she

0:21.0

started to generate headlines for maybe the wrong reasons. This ad really seems to have struck a bit of a

0:26.7

nerve. She made what maybe was her fatal error. She said, Trump knew all about this ad. Trump was

0:32.3

asked about this and he said, no, I didn't know anything about that. He started to realize that

0:35.7

basically her made-for-TV schick wasn't kind of working quite the way it should have.

0:41.2

Donald Trump has sacked his Homeland Security Secretary.

0:44.6

What does that mean for the future of ICE?

0:47.0

From the Guardians today in focus, this is the latest with me, Noshinikv.

0:54.2

Joining me today is Guardian U.S US Live News editor, Chris Michael.

0:58.1

Chris, thanks for being here.

0:59.3

Thanks for having me.

1:00.2

So, Christy Knoem, the Homeland Security Secretary for the US, has gone.

1:04.4

Yep.

1:04.9

She has been sacked in an announcement made by Trump on social media just moments before

1:09.8

she was due to address this conference in Tennessee.

1:13.2

It looked incredibly awkward.

1:16.2

Now, I think she's the first major casualty of Trump's cabinet in this second term, very different from the first.

1:21.4

It was like a revolving door.

1:23.7

Let's start with the basics.

1:25.7

What can you tell me about who Kristianome is and what she stands for? Well, she with the basics. What can you tell me about who Chrissy Nome is and what she stands for?

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