News Summary

• Kristi Noem has hailed the more than $200 million, taxpayer-funded ad campaign as a crucial tool to stem illegal immigration.
• Her agency invoked the “national emergency’ at the border as it awarded contracts for the campaign, bypassing the normal competitive bidding process.
• The company running the Mount Rushmore shoot, called the Strategy Group, does not appear on public documents about the contract.
• The main recipient listed on the contracts is a mysterious Delaware company, which was created days before the deal was finalized.