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In this case and other cases, ma'am, you have split-second decisions to make a decision on those children, and you, Madam Secretary, also make split-second decisions based on whatever coerced discussion you're havingwith that mother. I say coerced because when you're scared to death, your life is about to change, and you've got an attorney next door, that you will not permit that family to consult with that attorney,you got an issue. Case number two, two-year-old American daughter, also deported to Honduras. They were also denied access to their lawyers.According to her lawyer, ICE prevented the mother from speaking to the lawyer or anyone else in the family. Two-year-old American citizen. Can't we slow it down and just take a moment before they're deported in 24 hours?The mom didn't want the daughter to stay in the United States. They may have had relatives in the United States, family. Even the own Trump-appointed federal judge overseeing this case has said that he had a strong suspicion that the government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful due process. Madam Secretary, I think we're all in agreement here. Let's go after MS-13. Let's go after drug dealers. Let's go after Tren de Aragua, the bad folks who hurt my community as well as everybody else's community. But I fail to see where a child, two-year-old, four-year-old, seven-year-old children, could be on your top priorities for deportations. This is still America. Due process, the Fifth Amendment. Madam Secretary, I know ICE agents. I deal with them all the time. I've toured the southern border, blue uniforms, green uniforms, talking to them about what they need to do the job. I'm more than happy to have that discussion with you, publicly or privately, but deporting US-born children, ignoring their attorneys?Take a deep breath. You've been here 20, 30 years.A lot of the times back home, when I ask the ICE agents give them 30 days, you know what,without fail, that person comes back or self-deports. We can do better. Madam Secretary, I'm going to ask you one last question in nine seconds. You're under oath. Have you fired, retired, dismissed, any DHS agents that have not followed your policies? Kristi Noem:What kind of agents, sir?