Overview
- DHS says the 1:30 p.m. news conference in Otay Mesa will feature Border Patrol Chief Mike Beaks and other CBP officials.
- The department plans to highlight the Trump administration’s border security posture and drug seizure results at the southern border.
- Congress is negotiating to keep Homeland Security funded, with current appropriations set to expire this weekend.
- Noem faces heightened scrutiny over ICE operations in Minneapolis that left Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good dead, as President Trump has publicly defended her.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom recently showcased state interdiction efforts near the same corridor, citing more than 50 million fentanyl pills seized since 2021 and reporting CHP arrests and drug recoveries in San Diego.