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Kristi Noem: “Our ports of entry need new technology and scanners that we…”

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 57:33

Certainly you need more dollars to be able to. I think the numbers are low. How many you actually inspect or have been inspected. You need the technology. Our ports of entry need new technology and scanners that we just simply aren't scanning many shipping containers right now adequately. A lot of our air freight isn't scanned. Some of these scanners that we have in place need infrastructure around them so that they work in the heat and in the rain. (57:33–57:42)

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