Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones was booted from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference, thwarting the Democrat’s attempt to grab attention by causing a disruption.
On Friday, the “Tennessee Three” member, who has a history of performative stunts, tried to get into the event in Nashville where the secretary was set to expose the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens in the Volunteer State, according to the DHS website.
But Jones was prevented from crashing the event at the Nashville airport after he was confronted by security which showed him the door before Noem’s arrival, depriving the Democrat drama queen of the social media clout that he was chasing with video showing his being escorted away from the TSA checkpoint.
Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones Ejected from Airport by DHS Before Kristi Noem’s Arrival Over ICE Arrest Questionspic.twitter.com/6xVbcWY1EU
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) July 18, 2025
The local lawmaker said that he wanted answers from the DHS secretary about his illegal alien constituents who were recently arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
“Many of them have never been charged with a crime. They were taken, and many of them, we don’t know what happened to them,” Jones said, according to The Nashville Tennessean. “This is on Secretary Noem, who refuses to answer, who’s scared to talk to lawmakers and is hiding behind secrecy because she knows what she’s doing is on the wrong side of history.”
Jones contended that airport officials approved his attendance at the presser. However, it was a mistake, said DHS communications manager Thomas Wackman.
“He has the right to represent his district, but he doesn’t have the right to trespass on private property,” Wackman stated. “He wasn’t invited. This is an invite-only event for media.”
The Democrat lawmaker and another individual entered the press-designated area after giving their names to Secret Service but were soon asked to leave by DHS officials, the outlet reported.
After Jones had been removed, Noem took to the podium where she called for illegal aliens to self-deport.
“What I would say to them is, ‘Go home.’ They still have the opportunity to self-deport, to go back to their country.” she said. “When they land, we give them $1,000, and then they get the opportunity to come back, right? That is still the very best option for everybody in this country illegally, and that would be my hope of what they would do.”
Noem also called out another local Democrat, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, for endangering ICE agents by doxxing them.
.@Sec_Noem SLAMS Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for attacking ICE, while highlighting some of the violent illegal aliens and foreign terrorists arrested in his city:
“What the mayor is doing to this city is shameful and what he needs to do is participate with us.” pic.twitter.com/Sl7SnOp0hW
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 18, 2025
“This guy’s priorities are completely screwed up, and he doesn’t deserve to be mayor,” she said.
“Their families are targeted, they’re doxxed, their personal information is put out there and people are treating them horrifically, and he needs to stop and knock it off, and grow up and act like a leader,” Noem added of the mayor who released the names of ICE agents following May raids in Music City.
“Just in: our brave @ICEGov law enforcement are now facing a 830% INCREASE in assault against them,” the DHS secretary said in an X post this week. “This new data reflects the violence against our law enforcement in cities across the country in the last few weeks. Politicians across the country, regardless of political stripe, must condemn this.”
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