Kristi Noem posted a video from a high-security prison in El Salvador while wearing a watch with an estimated pricetag of $50,000. What to know.

The homeland security secretary’s choice of a gold Rolex watch has been criticized as insensitive to the harsh reality of mass imprisonment and deportation.

Kristi Noem criticized for filming video in front of caged prisoners in El Salvador - Noem stood in front of a jam-packed prison cell filled with men in uniform clothing and haircuts to threaten other migrants who enter the U.