Kristi Noem Archives - New Jersey Globe

Andy Kim has higher hopes for Trump’s new DHS nominee. He’ll still vote against him.

March 18, 2026 4:04 pmMarch 18, 2026 7:27 pm

Just over a year ago, Senator Andy Kim was willing to give Kristi Noem the benefit of the doubt, supporting her nomination for Homeland Security Secretary in what ranks among the most controversial votes of his nascent Senate career. With...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 6, 2026 6:48 pm

In the wake of the military offensive on Iran that President Donald Trump launched last weekend, members of Congress faced an immediate decision over whether his administration should be reined in. In close House and Senate votes that mostly followed...

DHS spoke with Roxbury officials about local detention center last week, township says

March 5, 2026 1:07 pmMarch 5, 2026 1:30 pm

When the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on February 20 that it planned to build an immigrant detention facility in Roxbury Township, local officials were incensed for a number of reasons, not least of which was the fact that they...

N.J. Dems say ‘culture of hate’ developing in Trump administration following Coast Guard swastika incident

March 3, 2026 3:56 pmMarch 3, 2026 3:57 pm

A “culture of hate” is developing within President Donald Trump’s administration, New Jersey’s entire Democratic House delegation wrote in a letter yesterday after a swastika was scrawled on the wall of a men’s bathroom at a Coast Guard training center...

After Roxbury, will Burlington County be next? ICE plans remain hazy

March 2, 2026 4:47 pmMarch 18, 2026 3:30 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plans to expand New Jersey’s immigrant detention capacity took a big step forward last month with the purchase of a warehouse in Roxbury Township, over the fervent protests of local residents. But ICE’s intentions at another...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

February 27, 2026 8:00 pm

President Donald Trump arrived in the House chamber on Tuesday for his State of the Union address – technically his first since returning to the White House – and finished up a record one hour, 48 minutes later. The address...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

February 6, 2026 11:02 pm

The shutdown-that-barely-was both started and ended this week: the House passed a bill to fund most government agencies for the rest of the fiscal year and the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks. The DHS’s new funding cliff will...