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Kristi Noem: “We've interdicted tons and tons of cocaine on the seas.”

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

Murders have dramatically dropped. We've got drug trafficking. Downed fentanyl coming over the southern border is down by almost 60%. We've interdicted tons and tons of cocaine on the seas. Our Coast Guard has been working with the Department of War on these Venezuelan shadow fleet oil ships. (12:06–12:12)

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Asserts successful interdiction of cocaine shipments.

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“Saved hundreds of millions of lives by interdicting drugs across the country and in our maritime borders.”
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“If you think about last year of the Biden administration, over 125,000 children just in that year were trafficked across the border.”
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“By securing that border this last year, zero children, zero children have been trafficked in the last 12 months because of President Trump's…”
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“We've had millions of people take advantage of that [voluntary deportation program].”
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“Crime rates at historical lows, it's at the lowest rate across this country since it started to be tracked over 125 years ago.”
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“Fentanyl coming over the southern border is down by almost 60%.”
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“We've secured the border.”
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“We've driven down the murder rates and the crime rates to historic lows in this country.”
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“We actually have countries that are asking for their children back.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 03:24-03:28
“No, Rachel, there's no quotas.”
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“We give you $2,600, we buy you a plane ticket and send you home right now. That's a voluntary program.”
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“Just at ICE, we had over 220,000 applications for 10,000 openings.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 06:57-07:03
“Secret Service applications have more than doubled.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 07:06-07:10
“We've got people in every department that are asking to come and work for the Department of Homeland Security.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 07:09-07:15
“It's a vast department with a lot of responsibilities, 23 different agencies all tasked with keeping people safe.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 07:32-07:40
“The president and this administration has been incredibly transparent with the American people.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 08:27-08:31
“We'll continue to do our work... stopping terrorists and criminals from harming the American people.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 08:53-09:12
“It's against the law to impede a federal law enforcement investigation with no ID on you and be carrying in those situations.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 10:44-10:51
“Murders have dramatically dropped.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 11:58-12:00
“We had millions of people that crossed that southern border unvetted by the Biden administration.”
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“Other countries unloaded their prisons, their mental institutions, sent people to this country that wanted to do us harm.”
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“This winter storm fern that devastated dozens of states, there was 12 that were major disaster declarations.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 13:54-14:02
“FEMA has been responding and delivering support to these states that are managing through these disasters three times faster than they ever…”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 14:06-14:16
“The FEMA was a political disaster before President Trump came in and said we're going to reform it, make it responsive.”
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“This Department of Homeland Security bill is critically important to make sure that FEMA has the dollars it needs to respond.”
Noem RESPONDS to Dems' impeachment claims, media's deportation quota 'lies' | Uploaded February 1, 2026 | 14:54-15:01
“FEMA is charged with running our critical infrastructure and maintaining our government on our very worst day.”
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