House Democrats File Articles of Impeachment Against Kristi Noem After the ICE Killing of Renée Good

On January 14, 2026, Representative Robin Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, one week after ICE officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renée Good in Minneapolis. The filing followed Noem's public statement that Ross had acted in self-defense after being struck by Good's vehicle, an account that video reviewed by news organizations did not support, and followed her January 8 order restricting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.

Impeachment of a Cabinet secretary is a rare instrument, and articles filed by minority-party members without leadership backing do not advance on their own. Their function here was to create a formal record of the specific conduct alleged and to force the question of departmental accountability for a fatal use of force by a federal agent against a U.S. citizen.

The articles were filed; with Republicans in control of the House, no floor action followed in January.