Kristi Noem

"Bustamante Leiva is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years."

"shutdowns have serious real world consequences."

"shutdowns have serious real world consequences."

"shutdowns have serious real world consequences"

"Shutdowns have serious real world consequences, not just for the men and women of DHS and their families who go without a paycheck, but it endangers our national security."

"We are making tough but necessary workforce and resource decisions to mitigate the damage inflicted by these politicians."

"the American people depend on this department every day, and we are making tough but necessary workforce and resource decisions to mitigate the damage inflicted by these politicians."

"no longer meets the criteria for an ongoing armed conflict that poses a serious threat to the personal safety of returning Syrian nationals."

""meticulously coordinated" operation"

"Our department has delivered historic results that have made our communities safer."

"I can't even imagine what they have gone through in the loss of their son and the loss of their family members."

"absolutely"

"I said it appeared to be an incident of (domestic terrorism)."

"No tenemos planes para tener oficiales del ICE en nuestros lugares de votación."

"I did not call him a domestic terrorist. I said it appeared to be an instance of domestic terrorism."

"I want to address the dangerous environment that our ICE officers face on the streets today."

"Senate Democrats ... have chosen not to fund the department and have held this department hostage."

"When we have these situations happen, we always offer our condolences to those families, and I offer mine as well."

"I absolutely strive to provide factual information and will continue to do that."

"Our department has delivered historic results that have made our communities safer."

"I can't even imagine what they have gone through in the loss of their son and the loss of their family members."

"I absolutely strive to provide factual information and will continue to do that."

"Sir, I don't know the situation or the case."

"FEMA was in the final stages of reviewing applications to ensure proper oversight when Democrats shut down the government putting significant portions of the FEMA staff on administrative leave."

"The longer DHS goes without funding, the less prepared our nation will be for threats at the FIFA World Cup."

"I arranged for some of the detainees to be held at the facility."

"That's tabloid garbage."

"as well as being 'long-range command and control aircraft', the fleet would be used for deportations."

"tabloid garbage"

"I had arranged for some of the detainees to be held at the facility."