KRISTI NOEM ALSO LIED IN THE $400 MILLION TV AD WHERE SHE SAYS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO VOLUNTARILY SELF-DEPORT 'MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN LEGALLY IN THE FUTURE' ... THEIR CHANCES OF BEING ABLE TO TO RETURN LEGALLY ARE NEXT TO NONE

Kristi Noem exposed for using misleading footage to hype DC immigration raids

 

By Victoria Churchill 

 

Daily Mail

Oct 29, 2025 

 

The $400 million TV ad in which Kristi Noem says illegal immigrants who voluntarily self-deport "May have an opportunity to return legally in the future." 

 

A new investigative report has revealed misleading footage being used in social media videos posted by a top federal agency. 

Analysis published by the Washington Post on Wednesday exposed video footage used in social media posts by President Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misrepresented scenes about Washington, DC.

One scene drew on video from a prior ICE raid in Nantucket, Massachusetts to promote the administration's hardcore crackdown narrative about the nation's capital. Other videos included footage from Florida and California while being about Washington, DC.

The Post additionally notes that it found uses of 'similarly misleading footage in at least six videos promoting its immigration agenda shared in the last three months.'

Asked by the Daily Mail for comment about the Washington Post's report, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin only noted an uptick in attacks against the department's officers. She did not address the Post's claims.

'Violence and rioting against law enforcement is unacceptable regardless of where it occurs. In both Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois, violent antifa terrorists have assaulted and brutally attacked our officers and agents,' McLaughlin said.

Immigration enforcement has been a key priority of the Trump administration since the president took office in January, and Congress provided billions in additional funding for immigration agencies as part of the GOP budget bill passed by Congress in July.

Border security efforts got a major cash infusion estimated to be around $150 billion for increased immigration enforcement. It included $46 billion for Customs and Border Patrol to build a border wall and enhanced security measures, and around $30 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem participates in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Phoenix, Arizona on April 8, 2025

A military photo from the US Coast Guard that DHS included in a video 

 

However, the White House is reportedly unhappy with the pace of deportations.

A Friday report from the New York Times noted that per DHS, more than 400,000 deportations have taken place during the second Trump administration thus far.

That number is said to be short of Stephen Miller's target of 3,000 per day, currently averaging between 1,000 to 2,000 daily.

By the end of the year—according to DHS—Trump is presently on pace to deport 600,000 illegal immigrants, short of his 1 million goal.