South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is on the hill Friday to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee regarding her DHS Secretary nomination.
During one exchange with Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, Noem provided a look into how she would address some of President Biden’s most damaging border policies.
Noem plans to reinstate “Remain in Mexico,” scrap the CBP One app, stop migrant flights across the country, and end unilateral mass parole.
The exchange kicked off with Hawley asking Noem if the border was currently secure.
“Senator, no, the southern border is not secure today. But in just three days, we will have a new president in this country, President Donald J. Trump. And he will secure our border,” she said.
Hawley also asked Noem about the CBP One app, which allows migrants to be paroled into the U.S. She said she would shut it down on day one, as well as related programs like the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).
“Yes, Senator, if confirmed and and I have the opportunity to be secretary, on day one CBP One will be shut down. There’s data and information in there that we will preserve so that we can ensure we know who’s coming into this country and who’s already here, that we need to go find.”
She then pointed to CHNV, “where our federal government actually paid to fly people into this country directly from other countries without any vetting or or knowing who they are. So there’s several of these programs that need to be eliminated, and we need to ensure that we’re following legal immigration laws,” she said.
During her opening remarks, Noem pledged to keep Americans “safe and secure.”
“Securing our homeland is a serious, sacred trust that must be relentlessly pursued and can never be taken for granted. Being safe within our borders is an American right, yet Americans feel less safe than they have in decades. For the first time in 30 years, more than 40% of Americans are afraid to walk alone at night within a mile of their home,” Noem told the committee.
“President-Elect Trump is going to change that.”
Watch the clip below:
DHS Secretary-designate @KristiNoem pledges to join President Trump in:
— Reinstating “Remain in Mexico”
— Scrapping the CBP One app
— Stopping flights of illegals directly into the country
— Ending unilateral mass parole🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/3z9lIuh6IJ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 17, 2025
