In reality, habeas corpus is the constitutional right of due process. But, appearing at a hearing on Tuesday, Noem defined it incorrectly as a "right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem‘s intelligence was up for debate on The View after she failed to define habeas corpus during a Senate hearing this week. Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin criticized Noem,

Ronny Chieng had an "expert" response to the Homeland Security secretary after she fumbled these "basics of American law."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem incorrectly defines habeas corpus as “a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country” – misstating the legal principle that Trump is considering suspending in order to accelerate deportations.