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Kristi Noem: “70% of those individuals have had criminal charges and…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Kristi Noem Addresses Law Enforcement Efforts in Tampa Under Trump Administration

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

We have, since President Trump has been in office, arrested over 286,000 illegal aliens. We have also recognized that 70% of those individuals have had criminal charges and convicted. They were convicted of them, or they have them pending against them. By far, we have focused overwhelmingly, day after day after day on bringing in the worst of the worst and getting them off of our streets. (01:48–01:53)

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Asserts that 70% of the arrested illegal aliens had criminal charges and were convicted or have pending charges.

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