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They Say the System’s Broken. It’s Working Exactly as Designed.

What Kristi Noem’s $220 million border ad scandal and Donald Trump’s latest immigration reversal tell us about cruelty, control, and who really benefits from a “broken” system.

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Team Coffman Chronicle
Nov 18, 2025
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Last week, while much of the country was focused on war, elections, and shutdown chaos, two immigration stories broke that seemed—at first—like political noise. One came from the Department of Homeland Security, the other from the White House. Together, they cut to the heart of something much bigger.

On November 13th, ProPublica dropped a detailed exposé…

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