During a grueling Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Kristi Noem was brought face to face with some of those her agents have harmed.
Marimar Martinez was shot five tines by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago in October, and DHS did its usual job of blaming the victim.
The lawsuit comes nearly a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good as she was trying to drive away.
Border Patrol’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago has faced pushback from both judges and civilians for their aggressive use-of-force tactics.
Border Patrol cop Charles Exum, who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago, was grilled by a judge over discrepancies in the case.
Witnesses, court records, 911 dispatch audio, and police bodycam footage tell a different story than the one given by DHS and its rogue agents.