"As Noem delivered her opening remarks before the House committee on homeland security, two protesters disrupted the session, with one yelling: Stop ICE raids! The power of Christ compels you! End deportations, the power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! is famously a line used in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist by a priest performing an exorcism."
"Addressing Noem directly, Mississippi representative Bennie Thompson, the committee's top Democrat, said at the hearing: Rather than sitting here and wasting your time and ours more with more corruption, lies and lawlessness, I call on you to resign. Do a real service to the country and just resign, that is if President Trump doesn't fire you first. Noem remained defensive, saying that the Trump administration works each and every day to make America safe again"
Two protesters disrupted Kristi Noem during opening remarks at a House homeland security hearing, shouting anti-ICE slogans and invoking a line from The Exorcist. One protester held a sign reading Stop ICE raids and Codepink, while another displayed a poster saying No ICE, no troops and shouted demands to remove ICE from streets and stop terrorizing communities. House Democrats called for Noem's resignation over her handling of nationwide immigration crackdowns, with Rep. Bennie Thompson explicitly urging her to resign. The hearing occurred amid tensions over aggressive federal immigration tactics, including military-grade hardware and tracking of pregnant immigrants.
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