Tillis threatens nominee holds over immigration data request

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Source: Roll Call

Posted February 27, 2026 at 7:00am


Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C, threatened on Thursday to place a hold on additional presidential nominees if he doesn’t get data he requested from the Department of Homeland Security on immigration enforcement in his state.

Tillis had sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem more than three weeks ago with questions about encounters between federal immigration officers and residents. He gave a deadline of March 2, the day before Noem is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“I expect to see it presented before the committee, or I’ll place holds on even more confirmations outside of DHS, if they’re not prompt with those responses,” Tillis said. “That’s not an unreasonable response.”

Tillis sent the letter to Noem amid increased concerns about immigration officials sweeping up U.S. citizens for arrests and detention in immigration enforcement. He requested information on Operation Charlotte’s Web, which sought to apprehend migrants in North Carolina who were illegally in the United States.

Read more: https://rollcall.com/2026/02/27/tillis-threatens-nominee-holds-over-immigration-data-request/

[Attilatheblond]

1. Wild guess here: Noem borrows Bondi's Burn Book and goes in with a giant chip on her shoulder

[radical noodle]

2. Isn't it amazing?

Republicans can grow a little spine once they say they're no longer running for office!

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3. Tillis has NO concern over treatment of refugees--his ONLY concern: a winning issue into a political liability for Repub

===maybe he is concerned but this article does NOT say that!







............Tillis has called for Noem to resign, blaming her for changing immigration enforcement from a winning issue into a political liability for Republicans.

Noem is set to testify next week amid intense scrutiny on the Trump administration’s approach to immigration enforcement after agents fatally shot U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in two high-profile incidents in Minneapolis.

Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he intends at the upcoming hearing to address the approach of DHS in Minneapolis under Operation Metro Surge.

“I’m going to get into the management strategy that led to the debacle of Minneapolis and the absolute destruction of a winning issue for President Trump, and putting us on our heels on border security and immigration, an issue that he actually won on,” Tillis said. “She has managed through her incompetence to take that off the board for us, and we need to get it back on the boards.”