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Kristi Noem: “My goal is not to build hundreds of thousands of beds. My…”

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

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DHS Secretary Noem gives update on the mission to fulfill Trump's border agenda

Published | Video Starts at 12:27

But I'm very focused on making sure that once we're picking someone up in our country with final removal orders or criminal convictions and charges, that we're removing them as soon as possible, too. My goal is not to build hundreds of thousands of beds. My goal is to get people out of this country that are here illegally. And so that's where our focus is. And we'll build as many detention beds as we need to get the job done. To Mexico? Oh, to New Mexico. There could be. (12:27–12:35)

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Asserts that the goal is to deport illegal immigrants rather than build extensive detention facilities.

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