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5 statements on this page. Dates: September 12, 2025 to October 5, 2026
5 matching statements. Dates: September 12, 2025 to October 5, 2026
5 published statements. Dates: September 12, 2025 to October 5, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: October 5, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: October 5, 2026
Role at the time: Communications strategist, posting on X
Statement summary
McLaughlin questions why a candidate would limit her audience.
“wouldn't you want as many people as possible to hear your message? This is strange and begs the question: WHY?”
McLaughlin replies to the party's recording-policy criticism by questioning why a candidate would limit the audience for her message.
Her rhetorical question criticizes the restrictions as strange.
4 published statements. Dates: September 12, 2025 to January 12, 2026
4 statements on this page. Dates: September 12, 2025 to January 12, 2026
Role at the time: DHS assistant secretary, in a statement to Spectrum News
Response to this claim
DHS may require seven days' notice for congressional visits because it enforces the January 2026 policy only with money from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is not subject to the appropriations provision on oversight visits.
“Because all ICE detention facilities are funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Secretary Noem issued this guidance to ensure that DHS and ICE comply with existing court orders”
Spectrum News report on reactions to Secretary Noem's January 8 memo, quoting posts by Reps. Jason Crow, Dan Goldman and Brittany Pettersen and a statement from DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
McLaughlin defends the reissued notice requirement that this case examines, saying it complies with court orders because ICE detention is funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Role at the time: Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Response to this claim
Sousa-Martins rammed several ICE vehicles and then drove his van directly at ICE officers in an attempt to run them over, and the officers fired defensively because they feared for their lives and public safety.
“Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was a passenger in one of the ICE vehicles that was rammed. ... The driver refused and attempted to flee, then weaponized his vehicles and began ramming his van into several ICE vehicles. He then drove his van directly at ICE officers, it appeared he was trying to run them over. Fearing for their lives and public safety, defensively fired their service weapons, striking the driver.”
Role at the time: Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for public affairs
Statement summary
McLaughlin said Jimenez drove at the officers and characterized Ortiz’s gunfire as defensive.
“The car stopped and attempted to run officers over by reversing directly at them without stopping. An ICE officer, fearing for his life, fired defensive shots at the vehicle.”
Contemporaneous Los Angeles Times reporting on the Ontario shooting, including statements from DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin and Rep. Norma Torres.
Role at the time: Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for public affairs
Statement summary
McLaughlin said the agent followed his training and used appropriate force to protect himself and others.
“We are praying for the speedy recovery of our law enforcement officer. He followed his training, used appropriate force, and properly enforced the law to protect the public and law enforcement.”
DHS's contemporaneous account says Villegas González drove at officers, struck and dragged an ICE officer, and that an officer fired while fearing for his life.
Reports the January 8 police statement and prints DHS's response in full. The page was posted on January 8 and updated on January 12. Other outlets reported the DHS response on January 9.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The reference point is the officers' decision to fire and DHS's account of it. McLaughlin revises where the passenger was but repeats that the driver drove at officers and that they fired defensively, so the statement still defends the shooting. Mixed or conditional loses because the revision does not qualify the defense of the shooting itself.
She supplies the government’s justification for the shooting and explicitly describes the shots as defensive.
She expressly defends the shooting as an appropriate, trained response to a threat.
