DHS leadership defends female law enforcement agents after attacks on Secret Service

The Department of Homeland Security released a statement Saturday defending the presence of women in law enforcement, which has been increasingly scrutinized in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, and nine other senior DHS officials called “public statements questioning the presence of women in law enforcement,” including the Secret Service, “baseless and insulting.”