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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Kristi Noem criticized for filming video in front of caged prisoners in El Salvador

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing backlash for using a crowded prison cell filled with deported migrants in El Salvador as the backdrop for a video threatening to prosecute people who come to the United States illegally.

“If you come to our country illegally, this is one of the consequences you can face,” Noem said in a video filmed at the Terrosim Confinement Center, known as CECOM, and posted to social media Wednesday evening.

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