IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 996 
Impeaching Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, for 
high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2026 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. OMAR, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. GOMEZ, 
Mr. FROST, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. TORRES of New York, 
Ms. ANSARI, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. RANDALL, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. MULLIN, 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MIN, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. BELL, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. 
MCIVER, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. BALINT, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. 
CROCKETT, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. MORRISON, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. TONKO, 
Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
HOYLE of Oregon, Ms. ELFRETH, Ms. RIVAS, Ms. BROWN, Mr. MENEN-
DEZ, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. AMO, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. SIMON, 
Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KEATING, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. MCGARVEY, 
Ms. TITUS, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Mr. MFUME, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. CASAR) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of 
Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
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Resolved, That Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary 
of Homeland Security of the United States of America, 
is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that 
the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the 
United States Senate: 
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 
America, against Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of 
Homeland Security of the United States of America, in 
maintenance and support of its impeachment against her 
for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
ARTICLE I: OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 
and that civil Officers of the United States, including the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, ‘‘shall be removed from 
Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, 
Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In her 
conduct while Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi 
Lynn Arnold Noem, in violation of her oath to support 
and defend the Constitution of the United States against 
all enemies, foreign and domestic, to bear true faith and 
allegiance to the same, and to well and faithfully discharge 
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the duties of her office, has willfully and systematically 
refused to comply with the law, in that— 
(1) Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem willfully violated 
Public Law No. 118–47 which states no funds ap-
propriated to Department of Homeland Security 
‘‘may be used to prevent’’ ‘‘a Member of Congress’’ 
‘‘from entering, for the purpose of conducting over-
sight, any facility operated by or for the Department 
of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise 
house aliens’’ and to comply with Section 527 of the 
fiscal year 2024 Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, as incorporated in Public Law 
No. 118–47, which specifically provides that it may 
not ‘‘be construed to require a Member of Congress 
to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a De-
partment of Homeland Security facility’’ used to de-
tain or otherwise house noncitizens ‘‘for the purpose 
of conducting oversight.’’. 
(2) Without any congressional revision to the 
text of Section 527, Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem im-
plemented a scheme on May 13, 2025, to require no-
tice ‘‘a minimum of seven (7) calendar days in ad-
vance to schedule visits to Department of Homeland 
Security detention facilities,’’ absent authorization 
by the Secretary. In an attempt to hide Department 
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•HRES 996 IH 
of Homeland Security activities, Members of Con-
gress continued to be refused entry to Department 
of Homeland Security facilities in incidents such as: 
(A) On July 8–9, 2025, a Representative 
from Texas requested to visit the El Paso Serv-
ice Processing Center. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement refused to accommodate the 
July 9 oversight visit because she did not pro-
vide the required seven days’ advance notice, 
and she was denied entry on July 9, 2025. 
(B) On July 20, 2025, a Representative 
from Colorado attempted an oversight visit to 
the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado. 
ICE denied him entry on the basis that he had 
not provided seven calendar days’ advance no-
tice. 
(C) On July 7, 2025, a Representative 
from California sought to inspect the Los Ange-
les ICE Field Office. ICE refused to permit the 
visit, asserting that the facility was not a ‘‘de-
tention facility’’ subject to Section 527 over-
sight, despite noncitizens being held at the fa-
cility, pursuant to Section 527. 
(D) On June 17, 2025, a Representative 
from New York attempted to visit the New 
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York ICE Field Office. ICE refused to permit 
the visit, asserting that the facility was not a 
‘‘detention facility’’ subject to Section 527 over-
sight, despite noncitizens being held at the fa-
cility, pursuant to Section 527. 
(E) On July 21, 2025, Representatives 
from Colorado, Mississippi, and Maryland ar-
rived at the Washington ICE Field Office in 
Chantilly, Virginia to conduct oversight after 
learning that individuals were being held there. 
ICE refused to permit the visit, asserting that 
the facility was not a ‘‘detention facility’’ sub-
ject to Section 527 oversight, despite nonciti-
zens being held at the facility, pursuant to Sec-
tion 527. 
(F) On August 30, 2025, a Representative 
from Washington visited the Northwest ICE 
Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington to 
conduct Congressional oversight. Upon arrival, 
they were denied entry without explanation. 
(3) Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem’s willfully violated 
the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 where, under 
her supervision, the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency withheld funds obligated by Congress. 
According to Government Accountability Office re-
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port B–337204.2, FEMA withheld funding for the 
Emergency Food and Shelter Program and the Shel-
ter and Services Program in violation of the Im-
poundment Control Act. When the Government Ac-
countability Office contacted Secretary Noem, her 
team refused to provide additional information on 
the funds withheld. 
ARTICLE II: VIOLATION OF PUBLIC TRUST 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 
and that civil Officers of the United States, including the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, ‘‘shall be removed from 
Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, 
Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In her 
conduct while Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi 
Lynn Arnold Noem, in violation of her oath to well and 
faithfully discharge the duties of her office, has breached 
the public trust, in that: 
(1) Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem has repeatedly 
violated the Immigration and Nationality Act, the 
First and Fourth Amendments of the United States 
Constitution, and due process rights of American 
citizens by directing Immigration and Customs En-
forcement to make widespread warrantless arrests, 
forgo due process, and use violence against United 
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States citizens, lawful residents, and other individ-
uals. Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem engaged in this con-
duct by the following means. 
(A) In October 2025, a United States Dis-
trict Court Judge from the Northern District of 
Illinois found that Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement had arrested 22 individuals with-
out a warrant in violation of the Castan˜on Nava 
settlement agreement in early 2025. 
(B) In September of 2025, ICE raided 
7500 S. South Shore Drive in Chicago, claim-
ing that the building was occupied by members 
of the transnational crime organization, Tren 
de Aragua. During the warrantless raid, Fed-
eral agents used military-style tactics to raid 
apartments, dragging United States citizens, 
military veterans, and seniors out of their 
apartments in zip ties and detaining residents, 
several U.S. citizens, for hours. After the raid, 
residents returned to damaged apartments and 
stolen items. 
(C) On October 22, 2025, ICE agents used 
tear gas on children having a Halloween parade 
in Chicago, violating order No. 25 C 12173 
issued by U.S. District Court Judge, Sara Ellis 
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restricting ICE and Customs and Border Pro-
tection agents from using non-lethal munitions 
without warning and justification. Another vio-
lation of U.S. District Judge Ellis’ order came 
on October 14, 2025, ICE and CBP agents 
used tear gas on a peaceful crowd. The crowd 
had formed after a Federal agent crashed into 
a vehicle. After Chicago police arrived on the 
scene, responding to reports of a car accident, 
ICE agents deployed tear gas on residential 
streets and near a grocery store. This exposed 
police officers, elderly adults, and children as 
young as 1 to harmful gases. 
(D) Masked and militarized patrols of Fed-
eral agents have taken to the streets of Chicago 
as part of ‘‘Operation Midway Blitz’’ in a sys-
temic violation of rights at the direction of 
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem. These agents used 
excessive force, including, shooting an unarmed 
United States citizen in Chicago who was part 
of a convoy of civilian vehicles following Federal 
agents. According to body camera footage, an 
agent driving next to the vehicles was yelling 
obscenities and struck the victim’s car—pro-
ceeding to fire five shots at the unarmed driver. 
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The Department of Homeland Security, under 
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, falsely accused the 
victims of aggressively driving into the Federal 
agents despite video evidence. 
(E) On January 7, 2026, an ICE agent 
fired his weapon at a vehicle attempting to get 
out of the way of agents, killing the driver, a 
U.S. Citizen. Despite video showing the officer 
on the side of the vehicle while firing and the 
vehicle was moving away from the officer on the 
second and third shots, Kristi Lynn Arnold 
Noem is claiming publicly that the officer was 
in danger and in front of the vehicle when he 
fired. 
ARTICLE III: SELF-DEALING 
(a) Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem has violated 5 CFR pt. 
2635, Misuse of Position by using her position for per-
sonal gain while inappropriately using taxpayer dollars, 
when: 
(1) Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is using her posi-
tion to circumvent the Federal contracting process 
and funneling Federal funds to her friends’ busi-
nesses. Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem used the cover of 
a national emergency to bypass the competitive bid-
ding process and direct Federal dollars to close asso-
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ciates. Secretary Noem used taxpayer dollars to fund 
a $200 million ad campaign for recruiting ICE 
agents Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem used the ‘‘national 
emergency’’ declared at the southern border to by-
pass the normal contract process, which included 
competitive bidding, to award multi-million dollar 
contracts to republican-led ad agencies. One such 
contractor which was formed days prior to the 
award, subcontracted with the Strategy Group, a 
company run by the husband of senior DHS official, 
Tricia McLaughlin and a close friend of Kristi Lynn 
Arnold Noem. 
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