Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country." Rating: Correct Attribution (About this rating?

Administration officials have suggested suspending a legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, and struggled to accurately define it.

Noem was sharply criticized by Democrats for her answers to questions about habeas corpus, which they said she did not define correctly.