By Wonderwall.com Editors
7:06pm PDT, Apr 8, 2025
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Kristi Noem was in the line of fire while leading an ICE raid in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, April 8.
According to the
New York Post, the secretary of homeland security donned police tactical gear — and
her infamous Rolex — to lead about 100 federal agents as they apprehended three illegal immigrants wanted on charges ranging from weapons and drug offenses to money laundering.
At one point, a suspect wearing Crocs foam clogs attempted to kick Noem, who dodged the attack.
"You're not scaring me with your Croc," the former governor of South Dakota told him.
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According to the
New York Post, Kristi Noem's team arrested a Crocs-clad illegal immigrant with ties to a money service business suspected of illegally sending funds to Mexican cartels involved in drug smuggling and human trafficking. After he was cuffed and loaded into the back of a police car, the former governor of South Dakota attempted to question him about his family, prompting him to raise his foot to block her.
"You're gonna go home, and you're gonna get prosecuted. … You're not scaring me with your Croc," Noem told him as he repeatedly kicked toward her.
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According to the
New York Post, Kristi Noem's team also picked up an illegal immigrant with ties to the 18th Street Gang who was wanted for felony narcotics charges dating back to the late '80s and flagged for deportation twice over the years.
As police took him away in handcuffs, he reportedly told
The Post that he's a grandfather now and is no longer affiliated with the gang.
When he told Noem that he hopes his three children follow a different path, she fired back, "Go deal with the consequences of breaking the law here. Give them an example of being a better person."
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Kristi Noem's task force also arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel whom an immigration official first flagged for deportation in 2008. He reportedly has prior convictions for aggravated assault, weapons charges and an active arrest warrant for homicide in Mexico.
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According to the
New York Post, the multi-agency task force spearheaded by Kristi Noem apprehended three felons with extensive criminal histories in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, April 8. The task force included FBI, DEA, Homeland Security and Phoenix ICE agents. Former Donald Trump campaign manager and advisor Corey Lewandowski — who's now a Department of Homeland Security advisor and special government employee — was also on hand.
"The effort of cooperation we have between agencies is getting turned onto steroids. We have this being multiplied across the country exponentially, now anyone who's in this country illegally that's committing crimes and has broken our laws will face consequences," said Noem, who personally drove the BearCat armored SWAT car that led the 12-vehicle convoy on Tuesday morning.
"We'll be sweeping them up faster than we ever have before," she added.
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Kristi Noem shared her firm stance on illegal immigration during an interview with the
New York Post: "Everyone in this country illegally now, it's a criminal charge. Everyone should know we're enforcing the [Alien Registration Act]. If you've been here longer than 30 days and haven't registered with the government, we are now coming after you criminally," she said.
"That means we can come into your home and get you, charge you and remove you, and the fines are up to $1,000 a day," she continued, adding that "American citizens are the only ones afforded the rights of being in this country" and that "e
verybody else is going to pay consequences for breaking our laws.""We're going to continue using that act in order to return people from these terrorist organizations to face consequences and be removed from our country," she noted. "You'll see us continuing to
partner with El Salvador. CECOT has the capacity for 40,000 individuals, and [El Salvador President Nayib Bukele] has said they'll take as many as we want to send. There's 14,000 there now, and he said he plans to build another prison right next to it."
