Noem handed mega deal to firm accused of smuggling migrants and arming them for shootouts

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed off on a massive border wall contract for a Texas construction company previously accused in court of smuggling migrants into the United States and arming them “to take part in a wild shootout,” according to the Daily Beast.

The outlet reported Friday that SLSCO Ltd. received two contracts worth a combined $1 billion to build sections of President Donald Trump’s border wall near Del Rio and Laredo, Texas, as part of the administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown and deportation push.