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flag Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awarded a $1 billion border wall contract to SLSCO Ltd., a company accused of hiring undocumented workers and arming them, amid controversy.

flag Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awarded a $1 billion contract to SLSCO Ltd., a Texas company accused of employing undocumented workers and arming them as guards, for border wall construction in Del Rio and Laredo. flag The firm, linked to Republican donors and previously awarded nearly $2 billion in border contracts under Trump, faces allegations from former employees of illegal labor and a 2019 shootout at a construction site, claims they say led to their firing. flag SLSCO also builds a Florida detention facility. flag Noem, leaving office amid multiple controversies including a $220 million ad campaign tied to her inner circle, personally approved the contracts. flag The White House and DHS did not comment.

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