‘They have an agenda to destroy us’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Wednesday that the Antifa movement is “just as sophisticated” as Hamas and MS-13.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Wednesday that the Antifa movement is “just as sophisticated” as Hamas and MS-13. Getty Images

Noem made the claim during an Antifa-focused White House roundtable with President Trump after visiting Portland, Ore., Tuesday, where she observed from a rooftop a group of anti-ICE protesters, including a demonstrator in a large chicken costume.

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Protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon. — Protesters outside the ICE building in Portland, where they have been camped out since June 2, disurupting the neighborhors nightly. Getty Images

“This network of Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA [Tren de Aragua], as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them,” Noem said.

“They are just as dangerous. They have an agenda to destroy us, just like the other terrorists we’ve dealt with.”