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Donald Trump’s Homeland Security putting staff through lie detector tests to find immigration…

Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem briefs law enforcement agents ahead of immigration raids in New York City. Photo: Reuters

Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem briefs law enforcement agents ahead of immigration raids in New York City. Photo: Reuters

Alex Woodward

©UK Independent

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Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is reportedly performing polygraph tests on agency employees to determine whether staff are leaking information to the media about immigration enforcement operations.

Mr Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and homeland security secretary Kristi Noem have both repeatedly blamed lower-than-expected Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests on alleged leaks to the press that have revealed which cities federal law enforcement officials were targeting.

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