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Chris Stein in Washington

Pressure mounts on Kristi Noem as Republicans join calls for her to go

a woman stands at a lectern with a placard that reads 'US Department of Homeland Security' next to a television screen showing a pistol
Kristi Noem holds a press conference in Washington DC on Saturday. Photograph: Al Drago/Getty Images

Top House Democrats on Tuesday told Donald Trump to fire Kristi Noem or they would launch impeachment proceedings against the homeland security secretary, in response to the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, as two Republican senators join calls for her to resign.

The ultimatum from Democrats came after a majority of the House caucus signed on to articles of impeachment introduced earlier in the month in response to the shooting death of Renee Good, who, like Pretti, was a US citizen killed by federal agents during the increasingly violent immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota’s largest city.

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