Noem Seeks to Oust DHS Staff Who Reject Trump’s Deportation Agenda

She asked advisers to recommend ways to remove employees deemed unsupportive of the administration’s immigration priorities.

Overview

At the July 2 Homeland Security Advisory Council meeting, Noem publicly asked for strategies to fire staff who “don’t support what we’re doing.”
She argued that many career employees had been underutilized under the previous administration and labeled the workforce overstaffed.
Noem asserted that morale is improving, saying personnel take their oaths seriously when empowered to carry out policies.
She reaffirmed plans to reshape FEMA after earlier proposing its elimination and later describing a “reorientation” of the agency.
The council’s lineup of Trump loyalists highlights the broader effort to politicize DHS leadership and enforce ideological conformity.