Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski later echoed the sentiments shared by her colleague, Sen. Thom Tillis.

Tillis' remark adds to growing intra-Republican pushback on the Trump administration over immigration enforcement.

I think that what she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying,” Tillis (R-NC) told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for delays in providing disaster recovery aid to his state while speaking on the Senate floor Thursday. “The data clearly shows that something is seriously wrong here,

I think she's out of her depth,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said. "She's proven that she doesn't know how to lead, how to de-escalate.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Thursday commended border czar Tom Homan for conducting a news conference in Minnesota on immigration enforcement and told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to “take notes.

Tillis called for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), in a press gaggle with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, said he has no confidence in Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying Noem should not feel a point of pride in her work during her time with DHS.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Monday called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be ousted from her job after she labeled a slain protester a “domestic terrorist” without evidence over the weekend.