‘Misinformed And Detached’: Homeland Security Representative Accuses Kim Kardashian Of Aiding Criminals

Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin slammed Kim Kardashian for wading into the immigration debate Friday, accusing the reality star of siding with violent criminals.

McLaughlin said Kardashian was “misinformed and detached from the very reality of the operations in Los Angeles she has decided to opine on” in an interview with TMZ. Kardashian has recently backed efforts to win freedom for certain offenders. (RELATED: ‘Which One Of These Convicted Child Molesters…Would You Like To Stay?’: DHS Assistant Secretary Confronts Celebrity)

“These are the violent criminals who Homeland Security, under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, have removed from Los Angeles’s streets: murderers, rapists, gang members and child pedophiles,” McLaughlin said.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 13: Kim Kardashian attends the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Star-Studded Grand Opening Celebration on December 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Fontainebleau Las Vegas)

McLaughlin pressed further, asking “Why does Ms. Kardashian continue to do the bidding of criminals at the expense of innocent Americans and brave law enforcement?”

She also pointed to Kardashian’s June comments on prison reform, saying the star’s advocacy has repeatedly downplayed the dangers posed by offenders.

McLaughlin’s latest remarks came after Kardashian criticized Trump-era mass deportations while speaking at an event in Venice, Italy, where she claimed most of those being removed from the United States were non-criminals.

“You want to believe that there’s a powerful message in protection, but then you see that it’s not really happening like that … it’s really tough, but I think that we have to do what we can to protect the people that have really supported and built our country,” Kardashian said at the time, according to TMZ.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson told TMZ that “President Trump is fulfilling his promise to the American people to deport criminal illegal aliens and Make America Safe Again — no matter what elite Hollywood celebrities have to say about it.”