Illegal Tries Kicking at Kristi Noem, but She’s Unfazed – ‘Yeah, You’re Scaring Me With Your Crocs’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took part in early-morning deportation raids in Arizona Tuesday, almost getting kicked by an illegal alien as he was detained in the back of a police vehicle.

Noem, who takes part in the raids to remind criminal aliens that there's a new sheriff in town, was speaking with a suspect who had just been cuffed and placed in the back of the SUV.

"Do you understand the charges against you?" she asked Jose Escobar-Robles, who was being picked up for reportedly illegally funneling money to Mexican drug cartels.

Escobar-Robles's response was muffled, but Noem replied, "Yeah, well, you're gonna be prosecuted."

"You don't commit crimes in our country," she said, prompting the accused to lift his leg and extend a foot in her direction.

Noem backed up slightly and replied, "Yeah, yeah. You're scaring me with your crocs."

This illegal was so mad he was getting arrested so he tried blocking us and hiding with his CROC.

DHS Secretary Noem: “You’re not scaring me with your crocs”

😂😂😂 https://t.co/OGe4eRvfQ7 pic.twitter.com/ooGR5uVyNt
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 8, 2025

Also picked up in the raid was Luis Garcia-Sanchez, who had previously been ordered deported twice following felony narcotics charges and gang-related activity.

Noem, who was wearing tactical gear on the raids, asked him about his family and provided a tough-love lesson for the gangbanger: "Go deal with the consequences of breaking the law here. Give them an example of being a better person."

Trump Admin Revamps Biden-Era CBP One App, Will Help Illegals 'Leave Now and Self-Deport'

The DHS Secretary told the New York Post, which had been embedded with the operation, that cooperation across law enforcement agencies had been perfectly synced, and the deportations were fixin' to pick up.

“The effort of cooperation we have between agencies is getting turned onto steroids. We have this being multiplied across the country exponentially, now anyone who’s in this country illegally that’s committing crimes and has broken our laws will face consequences,” she announced.

“We’ll be sweeping them up faster than we ever have before.”

Escobar-Robles was also seen in a video continuing to kick his little Crocs at Noem and urging authorities to get on with the operation.

"Let's go. Let's go," he said.

"Ah, we'll go. We'll go," Noem responded. "You're gonna go. You're gonna go home. And you're gonna get prosecuted."

EXCLUSIVE: We’re riding along with @Sec_Noem on an ICE raid this AM in Phoenix.

Watch as she tells this illegal alien cartel money launderer trying to kick her with his croc that he’s done here. pic.twitter.com/XMF3GF8MQ1
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) April 8, 2025

Noem has authorized these videos as an obvious deterrent for illegal immigrants. How much easier would it have been if they simply used the new CBP One app to self-deport instead of having to defend themselves with Crocs?

The DHS Secretary filmed a wild video recently where she toured El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, home to numerous Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members deported from the U.S.

"I also want everybody to know if you come to our country illegally, this is one of the consequences you could face," Noem says in front of a cell full of criminal aliens.

I toured the CECOT, El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.

President Trump and I have a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW.

If you do not leave, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and you could end up in this El Salvadorian prison. pic.twitter.com/OItDqNsFxM
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) March 26, 2025

Those arrested in the aforementioned raids will likely wind up in the same El Salvadoran prison.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could continue removing illegal immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act. With a new stamp of approval negating activist judges from trying to halt the effort, it looks like the deportations are going off without a hitch.

Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.

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