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Clay Higgins Slams Democrat Colleagues: They ‘Really Love’ Illegal Immigrants In Our Country
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5/19/2025
During Wednesday’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) questioned DHS Secretary Kristi Noem about border security under the Biden Administration.
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is when I put those individuals away, I did it with the weight of the law behind me, and I yield back.
00:06
Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to enter an article from Fox 45 that states,
00:15
documents reveal a second protective order filed by the wife against Kilmar Abrego Garcia,
00:22
whom also had two deportation orders.
00:26
Yes. Without objection, so ordered. I now recognize Mr. Higgins for five minutes of questioning.
00:33
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My, my, my. Our Democrat colleagues really love illegals in our country.
00:44
It's stunning for regular Americans like me to listen to this passionate and contentious defense
00:55
with the previous administration's policies and the resultant millions upon millions upon millions of illegals
01:05
that entered our country over the last four years.
01:08
I'll tell you where we're, I'm not going to use my colleagues the same language
01:14
because I don't think that kind of language should be used in committee,
01:19
but I'll tell you where we, where we heard loads of not necessarily genuine statements.
01:32
It was from Secretary Mayorkas for four years.
01:35
We had to listen to his testimony again and again, how he needed more resources.
01:41
He needed more laws and Congress had to pass more laws.
01:46
And yet we said for years, what you need is to enforce the laws that we currently have on the books.
01:53
You need policies that would actually control the border.
01:56
And we have Madam Secretary before us representing an administration that has done just that.
02:02
If the same 1,954 miles of border that you had a year ago is now under control.
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If the same men and women that you had a year ago, the border is now under control.
02:13
If the same equipment, the same all-weather roads, everything is the same.
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The only thing that has changed is the policies coming out of the White House
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and a Secretary of Homeland Security that will actually execute the laws of our land
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and protect the citizenry of our country.
02:30
That's Madam Secretary Noem who sits before us.
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And she should be spoken to with some modicum of respect from my Democrat colleagues.
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It's amazing.
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Our border is secured versus wide open and wild.
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And Democrats complain and they're angry and they protest.
02:53
Illegals are being deported rather than waved in and imported.
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And Democrats are angry and protesting.
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It's stunning to Americans to witness this.
03:08
Madam Secretary, thank you, good lady, for the job that you are doing,
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securing our borders and protecting the citizenry
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that we are elected to represent in this body.
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I work for the American citizenry.
03:24
And every one of us has sworn that oath.
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The difference between the parties has never been more stark.
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We represent law and order and American citizens
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and American enforcement of our laws.
03:44
My goodness gracious.
03:45
Thank you, Madam, for
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so graciously enduring
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the assault that you have.
03:53
I'd like to touch on
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the 287G program.
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Thank you for partnering with our local and state
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law enforcement
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to work together
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to secure our borders.
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This is an this is an excellent program.
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You have voiced support for it.
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Can you speak, Madam Secretary Noem?
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Can you speak to the importance of
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of the DHS partnering with local and state law enforcement,
04:19
including programs like 287G?
04:23
Well, thank you, Congressman.
04:24
Yes, 287G has been a wonderful program for many years,
04:28
but not utilized during the previous administration.
04:30
It's a partnership between federal law enforcement officers
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and also our state and local law enforcement
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to give them the same authorities
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to operate in a task force model
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to go out and to really make sure
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that we're going after individuals
04:46
that have broken our laws,
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that have perpetuated violence in our communities,
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bring them into incarceration
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and get them out of our country
04:53
if they don't belong here.
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And it has been a fantastic partnership,
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one that President Trump has encouraged us to pursue
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and to continue to build out across the country.
05:03
Yes, ma'am.
05:03
We have program and others like
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is going to be heavily supported
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by Republicans on this committee.
05:09
Finally, ma'am, in my remaining 25 seconds,
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we speak to the efforts to locate the children.
05:16
Thousands and thousands and thousands of children
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waved into our country during the last four years
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and they're lost to the interior.
05:25
Many are being trafficked and abused.
05:27
Can you speak to the efforts to find these kids?
05:30
Yeah, up to 300,000 children were lost or missing
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under the Biden administration.
05:35
We have located and returned over 5,000 of them
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to their homes and to their families,
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but there's many, many more to be found
05:43
and to be returned and brought to safety.
05:45
So we're continuing to work on that every day
05:46
and our HSI officers spend a lot of time
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and are the experts in the field
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at training local law enforcement to identify
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and find them as well.
05:55
Thank you, ma'am.
05:56
You expect full support there, Mr. Chairman.
05:59
I heard and I now recognize...
06:01
Mr. Chairman, I'd ask unanimous consent
06:04
to introduce the article from PBS NewsHour
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entitled,
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Children Who Are U.S. Citizens Deported
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Along With Foreign-Born Mothers
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and Service,
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in which the Attorney for the Society to compare
06:14
to the
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and the to-
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and the to-
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data.
06:30
For the
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attention to us,
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you know,
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Arne.
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You know,
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