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DHS Is Apparently Still Haunted By Kristi Noem Videos

DHS Is Apparently Still Haunted By Kristi Noem Videos

Kristi Noem may have lost her job as homeland security secretary in March, but her successor is still working to scrub the agency of her image.

The office of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin recently asked U.S.

Customs and Border Protection if there are still any videos of Noem playing in airports or other ports of entry, according to an email obtained by HuffPost.

“If so, please kindly remove them as soon as possible and provide confirmation of removal,” an email last week stated.

Noem served as the public face of President Donald Trump’s unpopular immigration crackdown until bipartisan blowback prompted him to fire her March 5.

She stayed on the job until Mullin, a former U.S. senator for Oklahoma, was confirmed as the new secretary on March 25.

Noem was not averse to cameras while running DHS, and it wouldn’t be surprising if she left behind some videos to purge.

Travelers were often greeted by PSA-style recordings of the then-secretary when moving through customs or Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.

In one TSA video that aired in October 2025, Noem blamed Democrats in Congress for the government shutdown that was snarling security lines; ethics experts said she violated the Hatch Act by issuing such a partisan message in her official capacity.

Some airports refused to air the spot.

“Noem was not averse to cameras while running DHS, and it wouldn’t be surprising if she left behind some videos to purge.”

And in March 2025, Noem toured the infamous Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in El Salvador, and addressed the camera while a line of tattooed inmates stood in a cell behind her.

“This is one of the consequences you could face,” Noem said to potential undocumented immigrants in a video she posted to X.

She was wearing a $50,000 Rolex watch during the visit.

DHS did not immediately respond Monday when asked if Noem was still being featured in public service announcements at airports or other ports of entry.

Noem’s overall tenure was marred by controversies, including the fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota.

Mullin has moved away from some of her most contentious policies, such as the purchase of industrial warehouses to serve as mass immigrant detention centers, but the administration’s deportation campaign continues under the agency’s new leadership.

The New York Times reported last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of DHS, recently detained more than 10,000 people over the course of just five days as part of a “major surge.”

Citing internal documents, the newspaper said immigration agents had “arrested people at check-ins with immigration authorities, during traffic stops and on the street.”