The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem had an epic meltdown after being asked a question about racial profiling on Friday during a press briefing in Nashville, Tennessee.
While taking questions, a member of the press confronted the DHS leader, stating that ICE operations mainly took place in “predominantly Latino communities,” before Noem interjected.
“I wouldn’t say that’s true, I would say that the media has highlighted operations like that, but we have operations ongoing throughout the country every single day in communities everywhere, so I would not say that anyone could show that they’re highlighted in Hispanic communities,” Noem said.
WATCH: “Don’t you dare ever say that again.” 🤔JUST NOW IN NASHVILLE — with a straight face, @KristiNoem lashed out at a Hispanic reporter and said ICE isn’t targeting Latino communities, and they’re also not racial profiling. 🧐 (despite Homan admitting it) pic.twitter.com/JUs6DDq4pT
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 18, 2025
When the same reporter told Noem that Latino audiences are “fearful,” due to recent ICE raids targeting people “based on their skin color,” Noem chalked up the allegations to another one of the media’s false narratives.
“That is absolutely false and don’t you dare ever say that again,” she snapped.
The department head clarified that every single ICE raid is based on investigations that have “reasonable suspicion.”
As Noem denied allegations, four posters displaying pictures of arrested men graced the backdrop of the press conference listing their crimes along with their ethnicities: “Salvadoran,” “Venezuelan,” “Guatemalan,” and “Iraqi”.
During the press conference, Noem shared that since the Trump administration took office, over 300,000 “criminals and illegal aliens” have been arrested.
“I’m so proud of this office and the agents that work here,” Noem said. “We’re going against the worst of the worst every single day, get the murderers, the rapists, the child pedophiles and pornographers off the of our streets and out of this country.”
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