美国国土安全部听证会召开之际，国会议员在如何全面资助该机构的问题上仍陷入僵局
作者：布雷安妮·德皮施
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月5日 美国东部时间上午5:00
诺姆在国会的第二天作证明显充满争议，有时甚至极具个人色彩。
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国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆周三在民主党议员面前有力地捍卫了她所在部门的移民执法政策——这是一场激烈且充满争议的众议院监督委员会听证会的一部分，听证会有时变得极具个人色彩。
这场听证会是连续两天围绕国土安全部移民执法行动和诺姆领导部门的监督听证会的第二天，此时国会议员在如何为这个庞大的联邦机构提供全面资金支持的问题上仍陷入僵局。
以下是这场内容丰富的听证会的重要时刻。
民主党聚焦莱万多夫斯基、“毛毯”和豪华专机
小组中的一些民主党人将矛头指向科里·莱万多夫斯基作为国土安全部特别顾问所承担的职责。加利福尼亚州民主党众议员西德尼·卡尔马杰-多夫引用了上个月《华尔街日报》的一篇报道，称唐纳德·特朗普总统据称拒绝了莱万多夫斯基担任诺姆幕僚长的请求，“原因是两人之间存在恋爱关系的报道”。
诺姆和莱万多夫斯基都否认了有关恋情的报道。
卡尔马杰-多夫直截了当地问诺姆他们关系的性质。“这个人几乎没有管理任何接近国土安全部的机构，甚至没有为像您这样职位的人提供建议的经验，”卡尔马杰-多夫说，指出他作为特别政府雇员的任期已经“远远超过了允许的130天”。
“他不称职，这让我的选民和我想知道为什么他是您的最高官员，”她补充道。
“那么，诺姆部长，在您担任国土安全部主任期间，您是否曾与科里·莱万多夫斯基发生过性关系？”
诺姆转向众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹简短回应后，才回答了这个问题。“主席先生，我很震惊我们今天在这个委员会里竟然在传播小报垃圾，”她说。
她对卡尔马杰-多夫说：“女士，我要告诉您的一件事是，他是一名为白宫工作的特别政府雇员。联邦政府中有数千名这样的人。”
拉斯金称诺姆“飞得太靠近太阳”
小组的民主党高级成员、马里兰州众议员杰米·拉斯金向诺姆追问莱万多夫斯基在国土安全部的角色细节，但这是在国土安全部使用所谓“豪华专机”的问题背景下。诺姆在前一天的参议院听证会上为使用这些专机进行了辩护，指出它们既用于行政旅行，也用于大规模驱逐。
拉斯金周三表示，他差点就相信了那个说法。“然后我听说了一场关于特权、傲慢和蔑视的空中事件，我简直不敢相信。”
“显然，当你的特殊毛毯——你的‘毯子’——被留在其中一架政府专机上而没有被运到新飞机上时，你的特别政府雇员科里·莱万多夫斯基挺身而出，在空中解雇了飞行员，”拉斯金说。
“一名2003年海岸警卫队学院毕业生和杰出的美国海岸警卫队指挥官……然后他必须立即被重新雇佣，因为没有其他人能在剩下的归途中驾驶你们两人，”拉斯金说。“诺姆部长，你现在飞得很高，也许甚至有点太靠近太阳了。”
双方的交流明显紧张，很大程度上是因为诺姆的丈夫全程坐在旁听席上。
斯瓦尔韦尔与诺姆的对峙
听证会后期，加利福尼亚州民主党众议员埃里克·斯瓦尔韦尔就米格尔·洛佩斯的案件质问诺姆。洛佩斯是一名在美国非法居住约30年的移民，去年被驱逐出境。洛佩斯已婚，妻子是美国居民。“我去墨西哥见了米格尔，”斯瓦尔韦尔告诉诺姆。“他没有工作……而且他离开祖国大约30年后，沟通变得很困难。”
诺姆打断道：“他有犯罪记录吗？”
斯瓦尔韦尔承认洛佩斯在1995年曾因“较轻的非暴力指控”认罪，但要求诺姆认识到政府更广泛的驱逐政策造成的“痛苦”。
“痛苦？”诺姆回应道。“我希望人们能正确行事。如果他们在美国没有合法身份，他们可以回国。我们会支付他们回国的费用。”
至于洛佩斯，她说：“我希望他通过选择自愿遣返能得到他本可以得到的2600美元。”
“最恶劣的罪犯”
最激烈的交锋发生在田纳西州民主党众议员史蒂夫·科恩追问诺姆特朗普政府在驱逐行动中反复承诺打击“最恶劣罪犯”的问题时。
“告诉我关于‘最恶劣罪犯’的情况，”科恩说。
诺姆反驳道：“最恶劣的罪犯已经被处理了。我认为你今天冒犯了我身后的家庭。”
科恩回应称，他无意冒犯任何人，并表示诺姆暗示他这样做是错误的。但诺姆加倍坚持，辩称批评者在淡化非法移民的后果。
“我在评论这样一个事实，即这些人不是暴力罪犯，而你一直在谈论这些非法进入美国的人不会伤害家庭，”她说。
科恩指出，根据统计数据，非法移民“比在美国出生的人更不可能犯罪”。
诺姆随即指向坐在她身后的家庭成员，援引了因芬太尼过量和非法移民司机致命车祸而失去孩子的故事。
“我身后的绝大多数人都因为毒品而失去了他们的孩子，这些毒品是从南部边境运来的，”诺姆说。“他们死于孩子被毒品过量、非法司机造成的致命车祸。”
科恩承认这些悲剧，但认为它们与他的更广泛观点无关。“这一切都是真的，而且确实如此，”他说。“但你说你只针对‘最恶劣的罪犯’，但你没有。”
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Luxe jets, blankies, Lewandowski: Noem’s Day 2 hearing left little to imagination | Fox News
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By Breanne Deppisch
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Published March 5, 2026 5:00am EST
Noem’s second day of congressional testimony was markedly contentious, and at times, deeply personal.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem forcefully defended her department’s immigration enforcement policies Wednesday before Democratic lawmakers — part of a heated and contentious House Oversight Committee hearing that, at times, grew deeply personal.
The hearing is the second in back-to-back DHS oversight hearings centered on the agency’s actions on immigration enforcement and Noem’s leadership of the department, and comes as members of Congress remain deadlocked on how to proceed with fully funding the sprawling federal agency.
Here are the top moments from the action-packed hearing.
Dems home in on Lewandowski, ‘blankies’ and luxury jets
Some Democrats on the panel zeroed in on the responsibilities Corey Lewandowski has assumed as a special adviser for the Department of Homeland Security. Rep. Sydney Kalmager-Dove, D-Calif., cited a Wall Street Journal report from last month, that said President Donald Trump allegedly rejected Lewandowski’s request to be Noem’s chief of staff “due to reports of a romantic relationship” between the two.
Both Noem and Lewandowski have denied reports of an affair.
Kalmager-Dove asked Noem, point-blank, about the nature of their relationship. “This person has no experience running anything close to the Department of Homeland Security, or even advising someone in your position,” Kalmager-Dove said, noting his role as a special government employee has extended a “well beyond the allowed 130-day” period.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem takes her seat as she arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.(AFP via Getty)
“He is unqualified, which has left my constituents and I wondering why he is your top official,” she added.
“So, Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as Director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?”
Noem turned to address House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan briefly before responding. “Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we’re going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today,” she said.
To Kalmager-Dove, she said: “Ma’am, one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government employee who works for the White House. There are thousands of them in the federal government.”
Corey Lewandowski is seen before a House Intelligence Committee hearing.(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Raskin says Noem is ‘flying too close to the sun’
The panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., pressed Noem for details about Lewandowski’s role at DHS, though in the context of the question of DHS’s use of so-called “luxury jets.” Noem had defended use of the jets one day prior during Senate testimony, noting they were used for both executive travel and mass deportations.
Raskin said Wednesday that he had nearly been prepared to buy that story. “And then I heard about an airborne episode of entitlement, arrogance and contempt that I could hardly believe.”
“Apparently, when your special blanket — your blankie — was left on one of the government jets and not transported over the new one, your special government employee, Corey Lewandowski, chivalrous, stepped forward to fire the pilot, mid-air,” Raskin said.
“A 2003 Coast Guard Academy graduate and distinguished U.S. Coast Guard commander … [who then] had to be rehired immediately because there was no one else who could fly the two of you on the rest of the journey back home,” Raskin said. “Secretary Noem, you’re flying high now, maybe even a little bit too close to the sun.”
The exchanges were markedly tense, largely due to the presence of Noem’s husband, who was sitting in the gallery for the duration of the hearing.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee.(Getty Images)
Swalwell, Noem showdown
Later in the hearing, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., confronted Noem about the case of Miguel Lopez, a migrant who had been living illegally in the U.S. for some 30 years prior to his deportation last year. Lopez is married to a U.S. resident. “I went and saw Miguel in Mexico,” Swalwell told Noem. “He doesn’t have a job … and it’s hard for him to communicate” after being away from his home country for roughly three decades.
Noemi interjected: “Did he have a criminal record?”
Swalwell acknowledged that Lopez had pleaded guilty to a “lesser nonviolent charge” in 1995, but asked Noem to recognize “the pain” caused by the administration’s broader deportation policy.
“The pain?” Noem responded. “And I wish people would do things correctly. If they’re not in legal status in this country, they can return home. We will pay for them to return home.”
As for Lopez, she said, “I hope he got the $2,600 he could have” by choosing to self-deport.
Federal agents forcibly detain an anti-ICE protester outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Oct. 12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.(Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty)
‘Worst of the Worst’
The sharpest exchange came when Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., pressed Noem on the Trump administration’s repeated pledge to target “the worst of the worst” offenders in its removal efforts.
“Tell me about the worst of the worst,” Cohen said.
Noem fired back: “The worst of the worst served. I think you’ve offended the families behind me today with that.”
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and White House border czar Tom Homan speak with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Cohen responded that he did not intend to offend anyone and said it was wrong for Noem to suggest he had. But Noem doubled down, arguing that critics were downplaying the consequences of illegal immigration.
“I was commenting on the fact that the individuals aren’t violent offenders, and you keep talking about the fact that these individuals that are in this country illegally don’t harm families,” she said.
Cohen noted that undocumented immigrants are statistically “less likely” than people born in the U.S. to commit crimes.
Noem then gestured to family members seated behind her, invoking stories of children lost to fentanyl overdoses and fatal car crashes involving undocumented drivers.
“The vast majority of these people behind me lost their children due to drugs, overdoses from drugs that came over the southern border,” Noem said. “They died from their kids being hit, accidents on the roads that illegal drivers were driving.”
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Cohen acknowledged the tragedies but argued they did not address his broader point. “All that’s true and given it’s true,” he said. “But you say you’re only going after the worst of the worst, and you’re not.”
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