- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has issued a statement after being fired by President Donald Trump, ending her 13-month-long tenure at the agency leading his mass deportation efforts and anti-immigration campaign.
- Trump announced Noem’s firing on Truth Social Thursday moments before she took the stage at a law enforcement conference in Nashville. She reportedly learned of the new title moments before her remarks.
- “Thank you @POTUS Trump for appointing me as the Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. @SecRubio and @SecWar are incredible leaders and I look forward to working with them closely to dismantle cartels that have poured drugs into our nation and killed our children and grandchildren,” she wrote in a statement.
- “The Western Hemisphere is absolutely critical for U.S. security. In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security,” she continued.
- “We have made historic accomplishments at the Department of Homeland Security to make America safe again: we delivered the MOST secure border in American history, 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S., we have located 145,000 children, FEMA delivered disaster relief at a 100% faster rate, we ushered in the golden age of travel, saved the American taxpayer $13 billion and revitalized the U.S. Coast Guard.”
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