Fact-check analysisVerified as of July 10, 2025Curated by FactVerify
Misleading

Kristi Noem: "Under the last administration, our streets were dangerous. President Trump and ICE are targeting murderers and rapists."

Kristi Noem, as DHS Secretary under the Trump administration, supported aggressive ICE enforcement targeting criminals, but the claim oversimplifies and lacks context about street safety and the broader impact of policies.

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What the Evidence Shows

The claim attributes a statement to Kristi Noem that under the previous administration (implying before Trump) streets were dangerous and that President Trump and ICE targeted murderers and rapists. The search results confirm that Kristi Noem served as Homeland Security Secretary during the Trump administration and was involved in pushing ICE to increase arrests, including setting high daily arrest quotas.

This supports the part of the claim about targeting criminals. However, none of the sources directly quote Noem saying that 'under the last administration, our streets were dangerous,' nor do they provide evidence that streets were objectively more dangerous before Trump. The claim simplifies complex issues of crime and immigration enforcement into a political talking point without nuance.

Additionally, lawsuits against Noem and DHS over ICE raids suggest controversy and legal challenges to these enforcement tactics, indicating that the situation is more complex than the claim suggests. Therefore, while Noem did support aggressive targeting of criminals by ICE under Trump, the statement about street danger under the previous administration is unsubstantiated in these sources and presented without context.

Primary trail

Verified Sources5

'Bottom of the barrel': Internet torches Kristi Noem over 3-day disaster delay

rawstory.com
Open source

Trump loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable

yahoo.com
Open source

After Texas Flooding, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate Under Trump

nytimes.com
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