Kristi Noem Claims Cannibal 'Started to Eat Himself' on ICE Deportation Flight

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a roundtable on Tuesday, July 1
The press conference was live from Florida's Alligator Alcatraz
Noem shared an alleged story about a cannibal on an ICE deportation flight that "started to eat himself."Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is claiming that a cannibal on an ICE deportation flight "started to eat himself."
Noem made the accusation at a press conference on Tuesday, July 1, held at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz — a detention facility in the Everglades that is part of the new facilities that President Donald Trump's administration approved a plan to help fund in June.
"The other day, I was talking to some [U.S.] marshals that have been partnering with ICE. They said that they had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home, and while they had him in his seat, he started to eat himself and they had to get him off and get him medical attention," said Noem, who held the roundtable with Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
She said that "these are the kind of deranged individuals that are on our streets in America that we're trying to target and get out of our country because they are so deranged they don't belong here."
"They shouldn't be walking the streets with our children, and they shouldn't be living in the communities with our families who just want to grow up, go to [their] job, raise their children to grow up and get a job, and to live the American dream," continued Noem.
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Noem said the Trump administration is "going after murderers and rapists and traffickers and drug dealers and getting them off the streets and getting them out of this country because Joe Biden let the worst of the worst come in here."
She described Alligator Alcatraz as an air-conditioned "state-of-the-art" facility with about 3,000 beds that is "isolated" for security purposes.
With the existence of detention facilities like Alligator Alcatraz, Noem said it "will allow us to bring individuals across the country that we are bringing in and incarcerating for violating our laws and immediately get them out of the country as soon as we possibly can."
Alligator Alcatraz was constructed with assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Shelter and Services Program. According to The Daily Beast, the DeSantis administration utilized its emergency powers to expedite the construction of a $450 million-per-year tent facility in seven days.
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Per the outlet, Trump has also approved plans to use the National Guard as de facto immigration judges.
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