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President Donald Trump fully supports Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Secretary Kristi Noem as Democrats call for her ouster over the handling of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, Fox News Digital has learned.
“I think she’s doing a very good job,” Trump told reporters Tuesday in just one example this week of the president backing his DHS chief. “The border is totally secure. You forget, we had a border that I inherited where millions of people were coming through. Now, we have a border where no one is coming through.”
The president and administration have stayed consistent throughout the week that Noem has their full support, as Democratic lawmakers call for her ouster following a pair of fatal shootings in Minneapolis amid an immigration crackdown operation born out of the sweeping fraud scandal rocking the state.
A source close to Noem told Fox News Digital that Trump spoke to Noem ahead of the Cabinet meeting Thursday to relay that she’s doing well leading DHS — which is home to agencies including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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President Trump fully backs Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem as Democrats call for her firing, sources told Fox News Digital. (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)
The source added that Noem is in communication with border czar Tom Homan, who was tapped to lead the administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota Monday, and added that when the likes of Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are “calling for your head,” you’re not at risk at losing your job with Trump.
Democrats repeatedly have slammed Noem in recent days, demanding she be fired or impeached, including Jeffries threatening that she needs to be “put on ice…
