Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, is set to appear before Congress on Thursday for a hearing that is likely to draw sharp questions about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics and efforts to upend legal paths for migrants to live in the United States.

The hearing, held by the House Homeland Security Committee, typically takes place annually and focuses on “worldwide threats” to the United States. Noem will face a panel of lawmakers as the federal government is escalating its immigration efforts and seeking to ramp up deportations.

In recent months, the federal government has mobilized the National Guard and deployed federal agents to several U.S. cities, primarily Democratic-led areas with large immigrant populations, against the wishes of loca

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