During Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, Democrats grilled the former South Dakota governor, zeroing in on the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Democrats and Republicans argued for an hour and a half over Abrego Garcia’s case during the three-hour hearing. The Supreme Court ruled on April 10 that the alleged MS-13 member be taken out of an El Salvador prison and returned to the United States. The court also ruled that Abrego Garcia must be provided with “due process.”

“So your testimony to this committee under oath is that everybody that ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] has picked up in this country has been given every opportunity as” it’s written in “Section 5 under the Constitution?” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., asked Noem.

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