Noem heads to border as she draws line under the week that ‘sucked’
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Welcome to Washington Secrets. Kristi Noem is hitting the road as she tries to get Homeland Security back on track after a difficult week, the Kennedy Center PR machine catches up with the president’s social media posts, and which candidate for California governor is in the Epstein files???
EXCLUSIVE — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will head to the southern border on Wednesday as she seeks to draw a line under the controversy that rocked her department last week.
Secrets can reveal that she will hold a press conference in Nogales, Arizona, as part of a show of unity with top officials and to demonstrate a return to business as usual after days of fending off questions about the tactics used in PresidentDonald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
It will also refocus coverage on the border, where the administration has a good news story to sell.
“Last week sucked,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for public affairs. “This is returning to normal.”
“I don’t know of another cabinet secretary who’s going out and meeting people in the field as much as she is,” she added.
Her department was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week. Officials were under intense scrutiny after federal immigration officials fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the second such shooting in the city.
Pretti’s death triggered wide protests. An initial investigation by Customs and Border Protection’s internal watchdog contradicted Noem’s initial claim that he died after brandishing a weapon.
The result was growing public concern about the aggressive tactics used by immigration officers, even as Americans have broadly supported an immigration crackdown.
Trump defended Noem as calls for her resignation grew.
Insiders told Secrets that she was not in danger of being fired, but one official said that is only the case “for now.”
Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s senior adviser, told friends that her job is “secure,” according to Secrets’s sources.
But DHS remains the sticking point between Republicans and Democrats as they negotiate an end to the government shutdown, with the Left demanding reform.
In the meantime, Noem announced on Tuesday that every field officer in Minneapolis will be equipped with a body camera.
And on Wednesday, she will be at the border for what one senior administration official described as a “rehabilitation tour.”
McLaughlin bridled at the idea that the trip was about anything other than a …
Who benefits from this decision?
Welcome to Washington Secrets. Kristi Noem is hitting the road as she tries to get Homeland Security back on track after a difficult week, the Kennedy Center PR machine catches up with the president’s social media posts, and which candidate for California governor is in the Epstein files???
EXCLUSIVE — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will head to the southern border on Wednesday as she seeks to draw a line under the controversy that rocked her department last week.
Secrets can reveal that she will hold a press conference in Nogales, Arizona, as part of a show of unity with top officials and to demonstrate a return to business as usual after days of fending off questions about the tactics used in PresidentDonald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
It will also refocus coverage on the border, where the administration has a good news story to sell.
“Last week sucked,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for public affairs. “This is returning to normal.”
“I don’t know of another cabinet secretary who’s going out and meeting people in the field as much as she is,” she added.
Her department was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week. Officials were under intense scrutiny after federal immigration officials fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the second such shooting in the city.
Pretti’s death triggered wide protests. An initial investigation by Customs and Border Protection’s internal watchdog contradicted Noem’s initial claim that he died after brandishing a weapon.
The result was growing public concern about the aggressive tactics used by immigration officers, even as Americans have broadly supported an immigration crackdown.
Trump defended Noem as calls for her resignation grew.
Insiders told Secrets that she was not in danger of being fired, but one official said that is only the case “for now.”
Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s senior adviser, told friends that her job is “secure,” according to Secrets’s sources.
But DHS remains the sticking point between Republicans and Democrats as they negotiate an end to the government shutdown, with the Left demanding reform.
In the meantime, Noem announced on Tuesday that every field officer in Minneapolis will be equipped with a body camera.
And on Wednesday, she will be at the border for what one senior administration official described as a “rehabilitation tour.”
McLaughlin bridled at the idea that the trip was about anything other than a …
Noem heads to border as she draws line under the week that ‘sucked’
Who benefits from this decision?
Welcome to Washington Secrets. Kristi Noem is hitting the road as she tries to get Homeland Security back on track after a difficult week, the Kennedy Center PR machine catches up with the president’s social media posts, and which candidate for California governor is in the Epstein files???
EXCLUSIVE — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will head to the southern border on Wednesday as she seeks to draw a line under the controversy that rocked her department last week.
Secrets can reveal that she will hold a press conference in Nogales, Arizona, as part of a show of unity with top officials and to demonstrate a return to business as usual after days of fending off questions about the tactics used in PresidentDonald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
It will also refocus coverage on the border, where the administration has a good news story to sell.
“Last week sucked,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for public affairs. “This is returning to normal.”
“I don’t know of another cabinet secretary who’s going out and meeting people in the field as much as she is,” she added.
Her department was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week. Officials were under intense scrutiny after federal immigration officials fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the second such shooting in the city.
Pretti’s death triggered wide protests. An initial investigation by Customs and Border Protection’s internal watchdog contradicted Noem’s initial claim that he died after brandishing a weapon.
The result was growing public concern about the aggressive tactics used by immigration officers, even as Americans have broadly supported an immigration crackdown.
Trump defended Noem as calls for her resignation grew.
Insiders told Secrets that she was not in danger of being fired, but one official said that is only the case “for now.”
Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s senior adviser, told friends that her job is “secure,” according to Secrets’s sources.
But DHS remains the sticking point between Republicans and Democrats as they negotiate an end to the government shutdown, with the Left demanding reform.
In the meantime, Noem announced on Tuesday that every field officer in Minneapolis will be equipped with a body camera.
And on Wednesday, she will be at the border for what one senior administration official described as a “rehabilitation tour.”
McLaughlin bridled at the idea that the trip was about anything other than a …
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