U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, blasted Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, saying that her department is “out of control.” Murphy called Noem out for her “abhorrent” treatment of immigrants, her flagrant spending, disappearing people, and ignoring money that was appropriated by Congress.
“I say this with seriousness and respect, but your department is out of control,” Murphy said. “You are spending like you don’t have a budget. You are on the verge of running out of money for the fiscal year. You are illegally refusing to spend funds that have been authorized by this Congress and appropriated by this committee.”
“You are ignoring the immigration laws of this nation, implementing a brand-new immigration system that you have invented that has little relation to the statutes that you are required – that you are commanded – to follow as spelled out in your oath of office,” he continued. “You are routinely violating the rights of immigrants who may not be citizens, but whether you like it or not, have constitutional and statutory rights when they reside in the United States.”
