'Vicious doxxing on dark web': DHS secretary Kristi Noem moves to military housing as ICE assualts surge; receives death threats from cartels, terrorists

US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem has temporarily moved out of her Washington, DC, residence after her address was published by the media, triggering what officials called “vicious doxxing” and a surge in death threats .

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Noem is now staying in secure military housing due to escalating risks.

“Following the media’s publishing of the location of Secretary Noem’s Washington D.C. apartment, she has faced vicious doxxing on the dark web and a surge in death threats, including from the terrorist organizations, cartels, and criminal gangs that DHS targets. Due to threats and security concerns, she has been forced to temporarily stay in secure military housing,” McLaughlin told Fox News Digital, as cited by The New York Post.

“Secretary Noem continues to pay rent for her Navy Yard residence. It’s a shame that the media chooses sensationalism over the safety of people enforcing America’s laws to keep Americans," she added.

The relocation comes amid rising violence against federal immigration officers. Last week, Noem warned that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they risk their lives to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”

In a post on X, she vowed the threats would not deter her department, “We will not and have not let this violence stop us or slow us down. Everyday our law enforcement continues to enforce the law and arrest the most depraved criminals including pedophiles, terrorists, murderers, gang members, and sexual predators.”

The surge in threats aligns with recent data showing an 830% increase in assaults on ICE officials between January 21 and July 14, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. That period began the day after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office.