Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged Monday that she was trying to send a message to migrant gang members and the American people when she was filmed and photographed inside El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison last week.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a video Wednesday from a high-security prison in El Salvador, standing in front of a crowded cell.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended a video she took while touring a mega prison in El Salvador last week, arguing that it was an image people needed to see for transparency—and to scare those in the country illegally.