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A Homeland Security hearing focused on America’s international threats turned into a shouting match on Thursday morning when Democrat lawmakers hurled accusations at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem of having abandoned America’s largest city and having violated asylum law.

Rep. Timothy Kennedy, D-N.Y., said Noem had decided to reduce New York City’s security funding for politically motivated reasons.

“It’s unconscionable: $134 million in Urban Area Security Initiative funding for the City of New York. What compelled you to knowingly make our cities less safe with these funding cuts?” Kennedy said, referring to the Trump administration’s reductions to some of the city’s anti-terror transit security programs.

DEM REP OPENS HOUSE HEARING BY TELLING NOE

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