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Kristi Noem: “We know for a fact that we had hundreds, if not thousands of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 18:15

Immigration enforcement is exactly what the American people asked for when we had a Democrat administration in the White House that facilitated an invasion of millions of people over our southern border and let people come into this country that were completely unvetted. We know for a fact that we had hundreds, if not thousands of terrorists, suspected terrorists, criminal organizations and gangs that came in and have been committing criminal activities against American citizens for years. now that the American people said, enough is enough. We want them out of our country, we want them brought to justice, and they Trusted President Trump to go out there and to make America safe again. (18:15–18:30)

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Asserts that hundreds or thousands of terrorists and criminals entered the U.S. and committed crimes.

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