Political Quotes

Kristi Noem

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration; formerly Governor of South Dakota (2019–2025).

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Feb 17, 2025

If you leave now, you may have an opportunity to return and enjoy our freedom and live the American Dream.

alternet.org
Feb 17, 2025

Under President Trump, America's borders are closed to lawbreakers.

alternet.org
Feb 17, 2025

If you don't, we will find you, and we will deport you. You will never return.

alternet.org
Feb 17, 2025

If you come here and break our laws, we will hunt you down.

newsweek.com
Feb 17, 2025

Follow the law, and you'll find opportunity. Break it, and you'll find consequences. The choice is yours.

alternet.org
Feb 17, 2025

We’re getting the dirtbags off these streets.

motherjones.com
Feb 17, 2025

if you are here illegally, we will find you and deport you. You will never return.

newsweek.com
Feb 16, 2025

Trump authorized Musk to access FEMA disaster data.

nbcnews.com
Feb 15, 2025

While emergency management is best led by local authorities, we reinforced that DHS stands ready to take immediate action to offer resources and support.

bbc.com
Feb 15, 2025

I spoke tonight with West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to offer federal resources and action for the deadly flash floods.

newsweek.com
Feb 15, 2025

Trump authorized Musk to access FEMA disaster data.

nbcnews.com
Feb 15, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Internal Revenue Service to target businesses believed to be hiring immigrants working illegally in the country and investigate human trafficking.

nbcnews.com
Feb 13, 2025

South Dakota still has the highest birth rate of any state in America. Our people are happy and have hope for our future.

newsweek.com
Feb 13, 2025

the worst of the worst that we’ve pulled off our streets.

truthout.org
Feb 13, 2025

I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to [New York City] migrant hotels.

msnbc.com
Feb 12, 2025

My goal is that people are not in these facilities for weeks and months. My goal is that there is a short-term stay, they are able to incarcerate them, take them, follow the process and get them back to their country.

cnn.com
Feb 11, 2025

This is just another attempt by a sitting US president to weaponize the specter of Guantánamo.

motherjones.com
Feb 11, 2025

Detainees will be held there until they can be deported.

cbsnews.com
Feb 11, 2025

The President committed during the campaign that he believed we needed to have mass deportation.

newsweek.com
Feb 11, 2025

The detainees will be held there until they can be deported.

cbsnews.com
Feb 11, 2025

Mark my words: there will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.

nbcnews.com
Feb 10, 2025

It is DHS’s understanding that the Department of the Treasury has qualified law enforcement personnel available to assist with immigration enforcement.

truthout.org
Feb 10, 2025

I don’t know what the president will decide.

truthout.org
Feb 10, 2025

I would tell Trump to abolish FEMA 'the way it exists today.'

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

These individuals are the worst of the worst that we pulled off of our streets.

democracynow.org

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