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Kristi Noem: “This state has faced unprecedented immigration fraud.”

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

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem holds a press conference

Published | Video Starts at 19:38

But we're surging operations because of the dangerous situation we see in this country and because we're no longer going to allow illegal criminals to damage and harm, to kill, to sexually abuse, to proliferate drugs and to steal American taxpayers dollars. This state has faced unprecedented immigration fraud. It's seen unprecedented benefit fraud. Individuals were allowed to come into this country and set up fake companies and fake nonprofits and divert billions of dollars away from American citizens and those vulnerable citizens who truly needed the services from those programs. (19:38–19:43)

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Asserts that the state has experienced unprecedented levels of immigration fraud.

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