President Donald Trump in the Oval Office holding a photo of the tattoos on Abrego Garcia's knuckles that the White House says are affiliated with the MS-13 terrorist group. (Donald Trump TRUTH Social)
"Madam Secretary, I have a seven-year-old, a six-year-old and a three-year-old," Swalwell said. "I have a bulls--- detector. I'm just asking you, is this doctored or not?"
Noem replied that it was "unbelievable" that the lawmaker’s focus was on a photo and not on the importance of U.S. national security, before saying she had "no knowledge" of the photo in question.
Swalwell is a member of the House Homeland Security committee. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)
While Swalwell continued to use his time to push Noem about the photo, the secretary responded that the mission of DHS is to secure the country and go after "the worst of the worst, the criminals, the bad actors."
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"Abrego Garcia is a known terrorist and member of MS-13, a wife beater and a human trafficker that should never have been in this country to begin with," Noem said.
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