Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks in Quito, Ecuador in July 2025. (Getty Images/Alex Brandon)
"While lobbyists and special interests are fighting for government contracts, Secretary Noem is fighting for the American taxpayer. In less than seven months, she’s saved the U.S. taxpayer $12 billion--that’s more than $50 million a DAY since she took office," Noem continued.
In addition, the move of "eliminating career bureaucrats" resulted in $1.3 billion in cuts, without taking out roles that had a public safety element, according to DHS.
Another notable cut was scrapping Air Force reheatable coffee cups with a price tag of nearly $1,300 each, according to the Air Force Times.
ICE and several other federal, state and local agencies launched a week-long immigration enforcement operation in the Houston, Texas area, which resulted in the arrests of 646 illegal immigrants. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
As spending cuts were happening across the federal government earlier in the Trump administration under the Department of Government Efficiency, many Democrats were critical of the efforts.
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