Two people were arrested in connection to the Easter Sunday theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse, authorities said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she’s “very confident” that the two people arrested in connection with the theft of her purse are in the country illegally. “These are career criminals,” Noem told CBS News in an interview at the U.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem initially asserted the men who stole her purse in a Washington D.C. were undocumented immigrants. She appeared to say it is not confirmed that is the case