Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated during a Monday interview that she believes CNN could be legally responsible for promoting an app that tracks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and alerts undocumented immigrants, potentially helping them avoid capture and deportation.
Noem’s comments follow earlier remarks made by U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi, who also mentioned this week that she would investigate whether CNN violated any federal laws by featuring the app in a report.
“Okay, a 700% increase against agents and you’ve got groups that are — and I had Pam Bondi on about this last night, they are warning people,” Fox News host Sean Hannity said on Monday to begin the segment. “Are they not aiding and abetting in law-breaking? Are they not responsible for obstructing justice? And she was very open into looking into the criminality of it, or potential criminality of it,” he asked.
“Yes, absolutely. I believe, in my opinion, that they are. And that’s why I’m so thrilled that Pam is willing to be proactive and go after those individuals that would perpetuate this kind of activity against our law enforcement officers,” the DHS chief replied.
“These ICE agents, these law enforcement officers, Border Patrol agents, they get up every single day and are working to get these dangerous criminals off of our streets, are heroes. They are absolute heroes. And to hear the amount of violence that’s coming up against them, a 700% increase in just the last several months against them and their families, they are not just going after them, they are also doxxing their families and threatening their children,” Noem went on.
“And these individuals just love America and believe that the law should apply to everybody. They are doing their jobs that Joe Biden never let them do, and they are protecting their own communities,” she said.
“Remember that many of these law enforcement officers live in these communities. Their children go to those schools. They go to church there. These are their neighbors they are trying to protect,” Noem continued. “And to have someone like CNN openly describing how to use technology to reveal the activities and the operations that these law enforcement folks are trying to conduct, it’s shameful and it could be prosecutable. So I’m glad Pam is looking into it.”
Hannity then said: “And you said, ‘I’m calling out you, CNN, I’m calling you because you lie every single day about what these operations are.’ There has been a lot of lying, Madam Secretary, it’s been going on for four years, ‘The border is closed, the border is secure.’ No, it’s not.”
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