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Eloise Goldsmith: ‘Some really sick sh*t’ | Kristi Noem tours a megaprison in El Salvador
“If hell exists, Kristi Noem is a shoo-in,” wrote one pastor.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has sparked fierce criticism for a video she filmed on Wednesday while touring the megaprison in El Salvador that is currently holding immigrants who were deported by the Trump administration earlier in March.
The administration defied a court order when deporting over 200 Venezuelans, who the White House alleges are gang members.
In the video, Noem stands in front of a cell that holds male detainees, some of whom are only wearing pants, and warns people against coming to the United States illegally.
“This is some truly sick shit,” wrote Fred Wellman, a political consultant and podcast host, on Wednesday. John Pavlovitz, an author and pastor, wrote “If hell exists, Kristi Noem is a shoo-in.” Noem was also accused of making “content” out of the imprisoned men at the facility.
“If you ever wondered what the Gestapo would look like in 2025, wonder no longer,” wrote the account Polling USA, which is run by Curtis Fric and posts publicly available data, in reference to the political police force of Nazi Germany.
Noem made the video while touring two cell blocks and other areas of the prison, perCNN. While the Trump administration maintains that the detainees who were deported have gang ties, court declarations from attorneys and family members of the migrants allege many of them are not affiliated with gangs.
“If you come to our country illegally, this is one of the consequences you can face,” Noem said in the video. “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.”
When deporting the Venezuelans from the United States, the Trump administration invoked a rarely used statute that gives the president the ability to detain or deport noncitizens without first appearing before an immigration judge or federal court judge.
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court panel kept in place a lower court order temporarily barring the Trump administration from deporting more immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
First published in Common Dreams. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.
Eloise Goldsmith is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
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Even worse is that she was sporting a solid gold Rolex worth over $50,000 and paid for with best sellers, according to the New York Times. I don’t know what’s cheaper, the ostentatiousness of the watch paraded before such grinding poverty or the publishing industry and, even more pathetic, the readers who fall all over themselves worshipping such a sacred cow.
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She’s a piece of work.
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This is sick, sick, sick. This government and all who sail in it are sick to the core. They are the ones who ought to be behind bars. Ever. Single. One. Of. Them.
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Agreed. The legal system let the Orange Menace get away rape, fraud, embezzlement and general axholery. He is the epitome of privilege gone off the rails. Kristi Noem is his Himmler.
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Order a “Trump sandwich’ in Canada and, per the ingredient list, it will come with “white bread, full of baloney, with Russian dressing and a small pickle.”
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The pickle will be limp, and the sandwich will only have an upper crust. The price? Your freedom.
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Hahahaha.
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We live in gut wrenching times. I appreciate funny accountants. And others who maintain the best humors.
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I have to give credit for this witticism to my brother Jack, the funniest accountant in America.
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