Kristi Noem Schools NBC Host Kristen Welker For Asking If Legal Immigrants Should Fear Deportation

Posted • February 3, 2025: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flipped the script on NBC's Kristen Welker over the weekend when she asked if immigrants living here legally should be worried about being "wrongfully detained" in Trump's America. In a Sunday segment of "Meet the Press," Welker asked Noem whether those with legal status in the U.S. should fear somehow getting caught up in the Trump administration's mass deportation operations. Welker said she has spoken with legal immigrants who have "expressed concerns" and in some cases are carrying around their immigration documents for fear of wrongful detainment. "Do people who are here legally need to be carrying around paperwork? And can you guarantee that people who are here legally won't be wrongfully detained?" Welker questioned. In response, Noem slammed the mainstream media for fearmongering about deportation among legal immigrants.

"Kristen, I would say that if I've heard that expressed by people that are legal citizens of the United States, it's because the media has perpetuated that fear. The media has said that that's a possibility," Noem replied. "There's nothing from this administration, from President Trump or from any of the law enforcement individuals in these communities, that has said that they need to walk around and be concerned about that at all." Noem noted that not only are Americans supportive of President Donald Trump's deportation plan, but she's also seen U.S. citizens thank federal immigration officers for their service. "The citizens of the United States are confident that finally, after four long years of having a president in the White House that ignored federal law and endangered their communities, that there's a different man in charge now. There's a man in charge who loves this country [and] is going to help make their communities safer," she said. "These citizens that live here are thrilled." (…)

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