
特朗普总统三月份解除了国土安全部长克里斯蒂·诺姆的职务,但民主党人还没有对她罢休。
President Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in March, but Democrats aren't finished with her.
为什么这很重要:凭借众议院和参议院的压倒性多数席位,他们准备将特朗普大规模驱逐议程的设计者传唤到国会,让他们为自己的行为负责。
Why it matters: Armed with commanding House and Senate majorities, they're preparing to haul the architects of Trump's mass deportation agenda before Congress to answer for their actions.
- “诺姆、马克韦恩、米勒、霍曼、博维诺,你们怎么样?清空日程,”众议院国土安全委员会成员、伊利诺伊州民主党众议员德莉亚·拉米雷斯警告说。
• "Noem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what's up? Clear your schedule," Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, warned on
- 她指的是现任国土安全部长马克韦恩·穆林(他接替了诺姆)、白宫幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒、边境事务专员汤姆·霍曼以及前边境巡逻队指挥官格雷戈里·博维诺。
• She was referencing current DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin (who replaced Noem), White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Border Czar Tom Homan and former Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino.
- 众议院监督委员会的民主党人将前国土安全部特别政府雇员科里·利万多夫斯基列入了应该“请律师”的人员名单。
• Dems on the House Oversight Committee included former DHS Special Government Employee Corey Lewandowski in a list of people who should "lawyer up."
深入了解:众议院国土安全委员会民主党首席委员本尼·汤普森在给同事的信中表示,他将优先调查国土安全部拘留期间和逮捕过程中的每一起死亡事件。
Zoom in: Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, said in a letter to colleagues he'd prioritize investigating every death in DHS custody and during arrests.
- 汤普森正竞选委员会主席及随之而来的传唤权,他还计划调查该机构涉嫌的财务腐败以及支出监督,特别是《一项伟大而美丽的法案》提供的庞大预算。
• Thompson, who is running for committee chair and the subpoena power that comes with it, also plans to investigate alleged financial corruption at the agency and oversight of spending, particularly the gargantuan budget supplied by the One Big Beautiful Bill.
- “我在一月份就要求弹劾克里斯蒂·诺姆,她在三月份就离开了。但她拒绝回答的问题仍然悬而未决,”汤普森写道。
• "I called for Kristi Noem's impeachment in January, and she was gone by March. But the questions she refused to answer are still open," Thompson wrote.
- “汤姆·霍曼和斯蒂芬·米勒今年春天我们邀请他们出席听证会时没有出席。在执政党占多数的情况下,他们将没有这种选择,”他写道。
• "Tom Homan and Stephen Miller would not appear [for a hearing] when we invited them this spring. In the majority, they will not have that choice," he wrote.
据熟悉其计划的消息人士透露,众议院和参议院的民主党领导人拥有一份冗长的监督领域清单。其中包括:
Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate have a lengthy list of areas for oversight, according to sources familiar with their plans. That includes:
- 用于扩大ICE拘留的数十亿美元,包括“鳄鱼阿尔卡特拉兹”和一系列仓库采购狂潮。监督机构一直在审查这些采购。
• The billions spent to expand ICE detention, including Alligator Alcatraz and a warehouse buying spree. Oversight agencies have been reviewing these purchases.
- 诺姆购买豪华私人喷气式飞机,声称可用于遣返航班。一位高级政府官员当时称这些购买行为是“滥用”。
• Noem's purchase of luxury private jets that she claimed could be used for deportation flights. A senior administration official called these purchases "abuse" at the time.
- 涉及诺姆的高级顾问莱万多夫斯基的所谓利益冲突。莱万多夫斯基被指控向国土安全部承包商索要款项。莱万多夫斯基长期否认不当行为。民主党人欢迎有关司法部正在调查莱万多夫斯基的报道。
• Alleged conflicts of interest involving Lewandowski, Noem's top advisor, who was accused of seeking payments from DHS contractors. Lewandowski has long denied wrongdoing. Dems have welcomed reports that the Justice Department was investigating Lewandowski.
- 涉及移民与海关执法局特工的使用武力事件,包括致命枪击。他们还希望调查一名举报人的投诉,内容涉及移民与海关执法局的招聘热潮削减了新特工上岗前接受的培训量。
• Use of force incidents involving ICE agents, including fatal shootings. They also want to investigate a whistleblower complaint about how ICE's hiring spree reduced the amount of training new agents received before being put on the streets.
幕后:诺姆被免职部分原因是一项耗资2亿美元的国土安全部广告活动,该活动由她主演。
Between the lines: Noem was dismissed from her role in part because of a $200 million DHS ad campaign, starring her.
- 诺姆在国会听证会上声称,特朗普总统知晓该广告活动的费用,该活动鼓励自行遣返。
• Noem claimed in a congressional hearing that President Trump was aware of the cost of the ad campaign, which encouraged self-deportations.
- 诺姆还监督了一项政策,即亲自批准所有超过10万美元的机构支出,造成瓶颈,减缓了从边境墙建设到联邦应急管理局拨款的一切工作。该机构当时表示,该政策旨在打击浪费、欺诈和滥用。
• Noem also oversaw a policy of personallyg off on all agency spending over $100,000, creating a bottleneck that slowed down everything from border wall construction to FEMA grants. The agency said at the time the policy fought waste, fraud and abuse.
另一方:国土安全部拒绝分享穆林的评论,穆林此前曾担任众议员和参议员。
The other side: DHS declined to share comment from Mullin, who formerly served in both the House and Senate.
- 国土安全部总法律顾问詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔在X平台上回应拉米雷斯时表示:“民主党人更关注政治花招而非治理,这很不幸。不过请放心,我们已做好充分准备应对这些胡说八道,以便穆林部长能继续专注于保卫国土。”
• DHS general counsel James Percival said in response to Ramirez on X, "It is unfortunate that Democrats are more interested in political shenanigans than in governing. Rest assured, however, that we are well prepared to deal with this nonsense so Secretary Mullin can continue focusing on protecting the homeland."
- 国土安全部拒绝说明珀西瓦尔认为哪些监督优先事项是胡说八道。
• DHS declined to say which oversight priorities Percival considers nonsense.
白宫转交评论关于诺姆和莱万多夫斯基被任命为国土安全部职务一事,发言人劳伦·比斯就霍曼或米勒可能被传唤出庭作证表示:“如果民主党选择进行虚假调查和极端左翼政策,那就是选择与美国人民为敌。”国土安全部未回应关于诺姆或莱万多夫斯基的后续采访请求。
The White House referred comment on Noem and Lewandowski to DHS, but spokesperson Lauren Bis said of Homan or Miller's potentially being called to testify: "If Democrats choose to pursue sham investigations and radical left policies, they are choosing to work against the American people." DHS did not respond to a follow-up request on Noem or Lewandowski.
现已退休的博维诺在X上回复拉米雷斯说:“亲爱的,放慢你的专制步伐。在这个国家,公民并不像你似乎认为的那样,要听共产党人的。”莱万多夫斯基未回应《Axios》的置评请求。
• Bovino, who is now retired, replied to Ramirez on X, "Honey, slow your totalitarian roll. Citizens don't answer to communists in this country as much as you seem to believe that." • Lewandowski did not respond to an Axios request for comment.