Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, now the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, revealed that China is behind a plot to funnel its citizens across U.S. borders.
“We saw very coordinated attacks of people coming into this country from China,” Noem told Maria Bartiroma of Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria. “Countries that I have worked with in Latin and South America have told us how they had Chinese operations set up for people to fly into their countries, almost like a travel agency would be.”
She added, “They would show up, be handed certain documents, a backpack, get on a bus, and then bus straight up over our southern border.” She noted that “overwhelmingly, the testimonies have been that they were the same-aged individuals, young, mainly men, some females, but very much a coordinated attempt to get individuals into our country, to change our country.”
Noem explained that while the team has not discovered explicit ties to the Chinese government, she emphasized that U.S. agencies have tied the majority of illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals to Chinese factories.
“And remember, China has a thousand-year plan to destroy the United States. They don’t just build up their military. They don’t just manipulate their currency, harm us with trade practices,” she added. “They have a plan to kill our country from the inside by killing off our next generation of Americans. They will use every tool that they have.”
Upon announcing Markwayne Mullin as the new DHS secretary in March, President Trump shared that Noem would transfer to the Shield of the Americas. “The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida,” he wrote. “I thank Kristi for her service at ‘Homeland.’”
