Congresswoman McCollum: Kristi Noem Leaves Behind Legacy of Corruption & Distrust at Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Betty McCollum issued the following statement on Wednesday after President Trump announced that U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security:

"Kristi Noem is the most inept, incompetent, and dishonorable leader in the history of the Department of Homeland Security. Her short tenure leaves behind an agency marred by corruption and distrust, and her legacy will be the violence DHS has inflicted on Americans," said Congresswoman McCollum. "Under Secretary Noem's leadership, masked ICE and Border Patrol agents killed two Minnesotans, violently assaulted our neighbors, and racially profiled Minnesotans on a mass scale. Minnesotans will never forget the terror that Kristi Noem unleashed upon our state. Firing her is just the first step to ending the lawlessness that she oversaw at DHS. It is up to Congress to rein in an out-of-control department and rebuild agencies that respect the civil and constitutional rights of the American people."