Sunday, December 14, 2025

Noem Testifies that No Veterans Were Deported as Deported Vet was on Zoom

After DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testified at a congressional committee that no military veterans have been deported, she immediately came face-to-face with Sae Joon Park via Zoom. Park, a veteran who was shot twice while serving in the U.S. military and is a Purple Heart recipient, was deported to Korea, a country he had not seen since age 7.

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"We have not deported US citizens or military veterans," said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, right before she was joined by Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart recipient who was deported in June.[image or embed]

-- Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) Dec 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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... DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was immediately caught lying to a congressional committee after stating, "We have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans." In response, Rep. Seth Magaziner introduced U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient ...

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... The saga of a Los Angeles Army veteran who legally immigrated to the United States, was wounded in combat and self-deported to South Korea earlier this year, became a flashpoint during a testy congressional hearing about the Trump administration's immigration policy.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was grilled Thursday on Capitol Hill about military veterans deported during the immigration crackdown launched earlier this year, including in Los Angeles.

"Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans," Noem responded when questioned by Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.).

An aide then held up a tablet showing a Zoom connection with Purple Heart recipient Sae Joon Park in South Korea. The congressman argued that Park had "sacrificed more for this country than most people ever have" and asked Noem if she would investigate Park's case, given her discretion as a Cabinet member. ...




#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-12 11:16 PM

Kristi Noem has dead, dead eyes.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-13 06:17 AM

Why wasn't she immediately cited for contempt and jailed?

#3 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-12-14 10:52 AM

It's awesome seeing Republicans -------- on Veterans.

It's even better seeing the DR Republican Veterans -------- on veterans.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-14 10:56 AM

Dirtbag liars...th' whole fuggin' lot of 'em...

#5 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-14 11:17 AM

The Puppy Killer is the current front runner for the Lyin POS Prize.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-14 11:22 AM

Whenever anyone in this admin gets called on the carpet they always step in a pile of crap. It is truly sad how pathetic our government has become.

#7 | Posted by rukiddin at 2025-12-14 12:40 PM

The way Kristi Noem said it is exactly how hollow it always sounds, when people say

"Thank you for your service."

We're lying.
If we were truly thankful, we wouldn't be deporting them.
--America

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-14 01:10 PM

#7 Ah, but that was the ultimate goal all along: It is truly sad how pathetic our government has become.

Along with the press.

And the Congress.

And science.

And education.

And what it means to be an American.

All of those things have been taken to the woodchipper and run through multiple times.

See also: bell boi, BJ boi, Major DEI Boazo*, onepigironsmoothbrainaut, etc.

They're all doing their part in destroying America.

One post at a time.

* What boaz' white "friends" call him behind his back

#9 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-14 01:12 PM

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."

Hannah Arendt

#10 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-12-14 01:26 PM

BREAKING: Democrats CAUGHT in massive fake news operation in DHS Sec. Kristi Noem hearing - lying that President Trump deported a Veteran to South Korea

Rep. Magaziner tried a "gotcha": "We are now joined on Zoom by a veteran YOU deported."

HE SELF-DEPORTED.

Sae Joon Park had a removal order over felony drug charges and bail jumping - and was NOT a citizen, but a green card holder.

Democrats lie, lie, LIE.

#11 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-12-14 01:29 PM

Why did she flee then? If it's a lie?

There was more than one veteran BTW.

#12 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-14 01:46 PM

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt

#10 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-12-14 01:26 PM | Reply | Flag: Many Historical Examples Support This

~When the Spanish Inquisition drove away the Sephardic Jews, Muslims, and Moors, they lost a significant portion of their mercantile, philosophical, and medical experts, further cementing feudalism in Catholic Spain and hampering their "Industrial Revolution."

~"Jewish science" was considered inferior by the Third Reich and so America took in their scientists and developed the atomic bombs ahead of the Nazis during WW II.

~The Shah of Iran and the notorious SAVAK wiped out the intellectuals and progressives during his despotic rule, so when he was overthrown, the theocrats were the only ones left to lead the new government.

~Under Dummkopf Trumpf, the US is experiencing a brain drain of academics and scientists heading to the UK, Canada, and the EU, and the Pentagon and USIC has been purged of many experts because they were either LGBTQ, non-MAGA, women, or People of Color.

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-14 01:48 PM

Why did she flee then? If it's a lie?
There was more than one veteran BTW.

#12 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-14 01:46 PM | Reply | Flag

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-14 01:58 PM

He self-deported because he was due for immediate deportation.

"Purple Heart recipient Sae Joon Park, who chose to voluntarily leave the country after getting his affairs in order rather than face immediate deportation, is separated from his elderly mother who is suffering dementia."

www.latimes.com

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-14 02:22 PM

"HE SELF-DEPORTED."

And that's how much Republicans respect Veterans.
Republicans give them the choice to self-deport.
Republicans think America did this guy a solid.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-14 03:01 PM

Thebull is stupid enough to think "he self-deported" isn't a stupid retort.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-14 03:03 PM

Sae Joon Park didn't get deported.

And Charles Manson never killed anybody!

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-14 03:05 PM

"Kristi Noem has dead, dead eyes."

Gualdalcanal Diary - Dead Eyes

#19 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-14 03:49 PM

So in America a non citizen can serve in the military? I mean I can see it you get citizenship for enlisting and serving

But this story regardless of the deportation is wild.

America is so ------.

#20 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-14 06:03 PM

My wife reminded me that there are cops that aren't citizens....

WTF? Good luck America!!! You're going to need it.

#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-14 06:04 PM

... After DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testified at a congressional committee that no military veterans have been deported, ...

That video is great.

You can almost see the energy draining out of her face as she seems to be prepping herself for the "OK, I have to deflect now" response.

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-14 08:09 PM

Onetinynut is a ------- retarded imbecile.

#23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-14 10:00 PM

LegallyGivesHead is a moron who endured his mom giving birth to him in the blue juice of a port-o-let. It's a wonder he made it.

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-15 03:43 AM

Why wasn't she immediately cited for contempt and jailed?
#3 | Posted by TFDNihilist

Because that would require the GOP congressional leadership to actually take Trump's hand out of their collective ass and start holding the administration accountable for their lies.

#25 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-15 03:33 PM

#21 Your wife is smarter than you?

Quelle surprise, onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut.

Actually, now that the thought is processed...

Your wife is a sexual masochist.

Nailed it.

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-16 12:00 AM

It is truly sad how pathetic our government has become.

We have the government we deserve.

#27 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-16 01:06 PM

#21 Sorry, onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut.

No one believes that there exists a woman stupid enough to take your hand in marriage.

But, then again, you are a purveyor of pure misogyny, so maybe there's a chick with a total lack of self-esteem that has your name written all over her.

#28 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-16 09:08 PM

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