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Kristi Noem: “The Department of Homeland Security under the Trump…”

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 37:39

The Department of Homeland Security, you make that decision about who you have the right to detain or deport. So do you. You are involved in that. Do you believe the United States do you believe the law allows. The Department of Homeland Security under the Trump administration is enforcing the law, following the constitutional rights of folks who are here as citizens, those who are here legally and those who are here illegally. So a legal permanent resident is by definition here legally. Do you believe. I mean, I think this is really troubling if you can't answer this simple question. (37:39–37:52)

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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing the law and respecting constitutional rights.

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