Kristi Noem’s departure from the DHS won’t mean an end to agency’s violent tactics

A change of leadership means little to an agency ‘shielded from scrutiny and unchecked by oversight’

Some of the most ostentatious enforcers of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda have left or been forced out of the administration in recent weeks.

In January, the president withdrew Greg Bovino – the border patrol commander who was the face of the immigration crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis – from his frontline role. Top Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin – who had become notorious for her bombastic and blatantly false press statements – left her role last month. And on Thursday, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, was fired.

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