Noem was sharply criticized by Democrats for her answers to questions about habeas corpus, which they said she did not define correctly.

Senators grilled Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Tuesday on her understanding of habeas corpus, and her answers prompted criticism that she was not fully acquainted with a right outlined in the U.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mangled a response to a question about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, referring to the constitutional right of due process as a "right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.