Chaos erupts at Noem hearing as anti-ICE protesters interrupt testimony: 'The power of Christ compels you!'

"End deportations!" yelled the protester, who was dressed like a priest and carrying a crucifix. "The power of Christ compels you!"

The protester was briefly reminded that interruption of congressional business is a criminal offense, but the protester continued.

Security soon escorted the disrupter from the room, but before they had left the room, a second protester began shouting.

"Get ICE off our streets! Stop terrorizing your community!" the second disrupter said, standing and waving a sign.

Security also escorted him out of the room.

Noem brushed off the moment before continuing with her opening statement.

"Under President Trump's leadership, DHS is securing our borders. We're restoring the rule of law and we're protecting the homeland. DHS is eradicating transnational organized crime and the stopping of deadly drugs from continuing to be funneled into our communities. We're ending illegal immigration [and] returning sanity back to our immigration system," Noem said.

Other officials reinforced that belief on Thursday. 

"The No. 1 threat that we have right now, in my view, is the fact that we don't know who came into our country in the last four years of Biden's open borders," National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent told the committee.