Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., asked Noem, “What is habeas corpus?”
The secretary responded, saying, “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.”
“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires, requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people.
“Habeas corpus is the foundational right that separates free societies like America from police states like North Korea,” Hassan added.
“I support habeas corpus,” Noem responded.
During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the Department of Homeland Security budget for the next year on Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave a misspelling of the definition of habeas corpus in response to a lawmaker’s question.
Sen. Hassan, D-N. Maggie. A. questioned Noem, “What is habeas corpus?”.
“The president has the constitutional right to have habeas corpus, which allows him to expel people from this country,” the secretary retorted. “..”.
“I apologize, but that’s—that’s wrong,” Hassan interrupted.
“The legal principle known as habeas corpus mandates that the government give a public justification for detaining and imprisoning individuals. “The government could just arrest people, including Americans, and hold them for an indefinite period of time without cause if it weren’t for that protection,” she said.
“Habeas corpus is the fundamental right that distinguishes police states like North Korea from free societies like America,” Hassan continued. “This is important to me, my constituents, and all Americans as a senator from the ‘Live Free or Die’ state. “.
“Secretary Noem,” Hassan continued, “do you support the core protection that habeas corpus provides that the government must provide a public reason in order to detain and imprison someone?”.
“I support habeas corpus,” Noem said. “I also acknowledge that the Constitution gives the president of the United States the power to determine whether or not it should be suspended. “..”.
Noem was cut off when Hassan said, “It has never been done. No action has ever been taken without Congress’s consent. Congress even approved Abraham Lincoln retroactively. “..”.
Noem denied any involvement in a rumored reality television program that featured the Department of Homeland Security and featured immigrants vying for U.S. S. . civic engagement.
According to Noem, “We have no knowledge of a reality show,”. “Until the reporter got in touch, I had no idea about this reality show, but there might have been something submitted to the department. “.
“That article—in fact, they had to change it later because they lied so bad, and they had us on the record saying I had no knowledge of a reality show,” Noem continued, criticizing the reporting of The Wall Street Journal. The department didn’t—something might have been submitted at some point because the department receives proposals, but neither my executive team nor I are aware of reality shows, so it isn’t being considered. “.”.
She went on to say, “They printed that article when they knew it was false, which was a dereliction of their work because it was completely false and inaccurate.”.
