Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem defended ICE agents who are demanding that Americans prove they are U.S. citizens in Minneapolis amid escalating tensions. The DHS secretary spoke with reporters outside the White House on Thursday as protests intensified in Minnesota after an officer shot a man in the leg after he allegedly assaulted an agent. Noem was asked why Americans were being asked to prove citizenship and whether she was advising Americans to carry proof of citizenship. Read more at The Daily Beast.