The Department of Homeland Security has not kept text message data from top officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, since April, according to a nonprofit watchdog group.
In a July 23 letter, Homeland Security’s public records office denied a request from nonprofit watchdog group American Oversight seeking records related to the National Guard deployment in Los Angeles in June, claiming that “text message data generated after April 9, 2025, is no longer maintained.”
