DHS starts giving lie detector tests to employees to try to find ICE raid leakers: report

The Department of Homeland Security has started giving employees lie detector tests to find out who is leaking details about upcoming immigration raids.

The polygraph tests have been taking place for about three weeks, a DHS spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. It wasn’t immediately clear how many employees had already undergone a polygraph.

President Trump’s DHS Secretary Kristi Noem issued an internal directive Feb. 18 ordering staffers to submit to polygraph tests to crack down on those trying to hamper Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation operations, the outlet reported, citing sources.

“The Department of Homeland Security is a national security agency. We can, should, and will polygraph personnel,” a DHS spokesperson said.

DHS has used polygraph testing in the past to screen new hires, but staffers are now specifically being questioned about classified documents and sensitive law enforcement information under Noem’s new directive, the sources said.

It comes just days after the DHS boss revealed that two individuals accused of leaking details about the raids had been identified and were being referred to the Justice Department for “felony prosecutions.”

“We have identified two leakers of information here at the Department of Homeland Security who have been telling individuals about our operations and putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy,” Noem said in a video posted on X on Friday.  

“We plan to prosecute these two individuals and hold them accountable for what they’ve done,” she added. “And we’re going to continue to do all that we can to keep America safe.” 

It wasn’t clear if the two alleged leakers were identified using the lie detector machines.

Noem and border czar Tom Homan have both previously blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on apparent leaks identifying what cities will be targeted next in the nationwide raids.

“Some of the information we are receiving tends to lead toward the FBI,” Homan told Fox News host Sean Hannity last month February.

The border czar said leaked information had tipped off members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua — allowing them to flee before a large operation in Aurora, Colorado, last month.

“We are sending a strong message — [the leaks are] just giving the bad guys a heads-up so they can escape apprehension,” Homan said. “You’re putting officers’ lives at risk.

“It’s only a matter of time before we walk into a place where there’s going to be a bad guy who doesn’t care. He’s going to be sitting and waiting for the officers to show up and ambush them. This is not a game.”

The Post reached out to DHS but didn’t hear back immediately.