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We all agree that the No. 1 threat to our homeland security is the southern border.”
After one senator asked Noem about homegrown terrorism — in light of two recent deadly incidents carried out by American citizens — Noem changed topics, saying Well, the president will be in charge of the border. It's a national security issue. And the president is in charge of this country and has made a promise to the American people, and we will fulfill his agenda,
He is an adviser to the president, the border czar. I obviously will be, if nominated and confirmed, and put into the position of being the Department of Homeland Security secretary and responsible for the authorities that we have in the actions that we take,
I’m trying to get a better sense of who is in charge,
So, I just raise that as a concern of mine, because not only is that about the function of our executive branch, but also the capabilities of this committee to be able to properly do our constitutional duties for oversight, the ability for us to be able to have that conversation, we can talk to you, engage with you,
If confirmed and I have the opportunity to be secretary, on Day One, CBP One will be shut down,
Noem told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee What is your plan to ensure safe and legal immigration processes for agricultural workers?"
It is a war zone down there,
the governor said, saying They're using their resources in ways that was never intended,
Our nation is a nation with borders or we're no nation at all,
Noem stated in a declaration of her intent to focus on securing the Southern border We've had over 13,000 murderers that are loose in this country come over that border,
There's data and information in there that we will preserve so that we can ensure we know who's coming into this country and who's already here, that we need to go find,
So there's several of these programs that need to be eliminated, and we need to ensure that we're following legal immigration laws,
Senator, no, the southern border is not secure today. But in just three days, we will have a new president in this country, President Donald J. Trump. And he will secure our border,
We will go back to case by case evaluation of these parole cases and ensure that we have more resources, if you will partner with us, to make sure that our legal immigration system is fully utilized, that we have more judges, more immigration courts, so that we can process people legally and make sure that they are, going through that process rather than, like Joe Biden has done, use this as an excuse to allow people to come into our country with no consequences,
Securing the homeland is the … No. 1 constitutional priority as a Congress, and it is, for sure, the No. 1 priority of the voters in the last election, and it is the No. 1 priority for President Donald Trump,
It's going to require a tremendous amount of persistence and determination, which I think she has, an enormous amount of energy, which she has in abundance, and frankly, what I would say is just absolute toughness can take some, some tough and hard leadership to get things back in order,
Being safe within our borders here in America is critical, and yet, Americans feel less safe than they have felt in decades,
I'm not aware of any real specific complaints from the Democrats on Kristi Noem,
Now, the situation at our southern border is nothing short of an invasion. And over the last four years, America's border security has been purposely weakened and ignored. Our laws have not been enforced,
Noem said during her State of the State address Tuesday
