Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in the middle of blowback from Congress about public safety in immigration enforcement.

What started as sharp criticism of the Homeland Security secretary, and a longshot move by Democratic lawmakers signing onto impeachment legislation in the Republican-controlled House, has morphed into an inflection point for Noem, who has been the high-profile face of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement regime.

“She should be out of a job,” Sen. Thom Tillis said. “I think it probably is time for her to step down,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

House Democrats are advancing an impeachment investigation into DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as Republicans probe ICE operations following a second fatal civilian shooting.

WASHINGTON — Eight additional Democrats signed on to an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, bringing the total number of co-sponsors to 120,

Noem has stoked controversy almost from the day she took office a year ago. Schiff called for her resignation in June, after Padilla was forcibly removed from a Noem press conference when he attempted to ask her a question. Noem has come under renewed fire since the Pretti shooting, after she said Pretti attacked the officers and carried a weapon.

House Democrats threaten impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, demanding her firing over deadly federal agent actions in Minnesota.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, joins Meet the Press NOW as Congressional Democrats weigh a partial government shutdown over Department of Homeland Security funding in the wake of Alex Pretti's death.