One of Kristi “ICE Barbie” Noem’s last acts at the Department of Homeland Security was to massively overpay for an empty warehouse she had intended to use as an immigration detention center, according to a report.
Noem and her team had put plans in place to purchase the huge building in Salt Lake City, Utah, for $145.4 million in order to help ramp up detentions under President Donald Trump’s hardline deportation campaign.
However, the large warehouse was valued by tax assessors in 2025 at $97 million, meaning Noem and DHS paid nearly 50 percent more than the property was worth, The Atlantic reported.
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