BREAKING NEWS Kristi Noem gives harrowing update on 'scum of the earth' illegal migrant who shot border agent in the face
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave the update during a press conference where she said she visited with the agent who was shot and his family.
The agent who was shot was able to use his sidearm to strike one of his two attackers – both of whom have a criminal record and are in the U.S. illegally.
'There's absolutely zero reason that someone who is scum of the earth like this should be running loose on the streets of New York City,' Noem said.
President Donald Trump 's immigration team vowed to flood sanctuary cities with agents to arrest and deport criminal migrants in the wake of a shooting of a Customs and Enforcement officer.
'What we'll do in a city like this is we'll double down,' Noem said in her briefing alongside border czar Tom Homan and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott.
'We'll put more agents here, we'll put more personnel here, we'll give them more equipment, more training for situations where they might have to go into a dangerous neighborhood where local law enforcement won't be there to have their backs.'
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