Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a Monday interview she believes that CNN could be legally liable for promoting an app that tracks Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, thereby alerting illegal immigrants and helping them evade capture and deportation.<\/p>\n
Noem\u2019s comments come on the heels of previous remarks by U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi who also said this week in response to the CNN report that she will be looking into whether the network violated any federal laws by featuring the app in a report.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, a 700% increase against agents and you\u2019ve got groups that are \u2014 and I had Pam Bondi on about this last night, they are warning people,\u201d Fox News host Sean Hannity said on Monday to begin his segment with Noem.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre 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,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, absolutely. I believe, in my opinion, that they are. And that\u2019s why I\u2019m 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,\u201d the DHS chief began.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese 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\u2019s 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,\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Continuing, the DHS secretary said: \u201cRemember 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. 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\u2019s shameful and it could be prosecutable. So I\u2019m glad Pam is looking into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The host responded: \u201cAnd you said, \u2018I\u2019m calling out you, CNN, I\u2019m calling you because you lie every single day about what these operations are.\u2019 There has been a lot of lying, Madam Secretary, it\u2019s been going on for four years, \u2018The border is closed, the border is secure.\u2019 No, it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n
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