By Molly Goddard
11:30am PDT, Mar 27, 2025
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Kristi Noem is bringing the public into an El Salvador prison housing illegal immigrants.
On Wednesday, March 26, the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary took to X to share
footage of herself standing in front of a group of shirtless alleged gang members who were detained by ICE under
Donald Trump's administration and flown out of America.
Join us to read about Noem's visit to the high-security jail…
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"I toured the CECOT, El Salvador's
Terrorism Confinement Center," Kristi Noem began in the caption of the video of herself standing outside a cell of Salvadoran prisoners.
The former governor of South Dakota gave a stark warning to other people trying to immigrate to the United States illegally under Donald Trump's administration. "President Trump and I have a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW. If you do not leave, we will hunt you down, arrest you and you could end up in this El Salvadorian prison," she wrote.
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"This is one of the consequences you could face," Kristi Noem said in the clip — in which the inmates remained silent while she spoke directly to the camera.
"First of all, do not come to our country illegally. You will be removed and you will be prosecuted. But know that this facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people," the
Republican said.
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The
Homeland Security Department confirmed Kristi Noem met and worked with President
Nayib Bukele to discuss how America can "increase the number of deportation flights and removals of violent criminals from the U.S."
The United States Embassy in El Salvador issued a statement about the visit from the official, claiming Noem "expressed her gratitude for the Salvadoran government's cooperation in accepting deportation flights."
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Kristi Noem has been giving citizens a front row seat to the security measures being put in place across the country to combat illegal
immigration, even showing off the construction of Donald Trump's border wall.
"Everybody, I'm here in Arizona and right at this spot, you can see where the border wall ends," she said in a video of the progress. "As of today, we're starting seven new miles of construction, we're going to continue to make America safe again."
