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Kristi Noem: “I think they believed in open borders and letting people…”

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

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Senate Appropriations Hearing on DHS Budget with Secretary Kristi Noem

Published | Video Starts at 1:18:53

So that's like adding 10 Nebraskas to our country, isn't it? That's correct. Why do you think President Biden and my Democratic colleagues did that? You think they believed in open borders? I think they believed in open borders and letting people come into this country that would affect our society. And criminals. Those other countries emptying out the worst of the worst, their mental institutions, their prisons came in here and jeopardized and known terrorists. Well, only one or two circumstances are possible, it seems to me. Either President Biden and the Democrats who supported him believe in open borders are the people that President Biden put in charge of securing the border. (1:18:53–1:19:11)

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Asserts that [President Biden and Democratic colleagues] believed in open borders, allowing criminals and known terrorists into the U.S.

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