Trump Picks Kristi Noem to Be Homeland Security Secretary

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Noem is South Dakotaโ€™s governor and a former congresswoman.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

โ€œKristi has been very strong on Border Security. She was the first Governor to send National Guard Soldiers to help Texas fight the Biden Border Crisis, and they were sent a total of eight times,โ€ Trump said in a Nov. 12 statement.

โ€œShe will work closely with โ€œBorder Czarโ€ Tom Homan to secure the Border, and will guarantee that our American Homeland is secure from our adversaries.โ€

Homan is the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Trump tapped to serve in his second administration.

Noem, 52, thanked Trump in the statement for the selection, saying โ€œWith Donald Trump, we will secure the Border, and restore safety to American communities so that families will again have the opportunity to pursue The American Dream.โ€

The announcement came on the heels of a flurry of cabinet picks unveiled by Trump in the past hours, including former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Fox host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, and Mike Waltz as national security adviser.

The DHS, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration, is tasked with protecting America from threats. It has more than 260,000 employees.

Homan, who led ICE during part of Trumpโ€™s first term, said he would focus on enforcing laws involving illegal immigration, including the deportation of illegal immigrants who have been ordered to leave after their asylum claims were rejected.

Noem has said that people who cross into the United States illegally must be deported and that the spike in illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border is a problem.

โ€œThe border is a warzone, so weโ€™re sending soldiers,โ€ she said earlier this year, as she deployed National Guard troops to Texas to help officials there handle the surge in illegal immigrants crossing the border.

Noem was floated as a vice presidential candidate before Trump chose Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). She drew criticism earlier this year when she wrote about putting down her familyโ€™s dog. Noem was a U.S. representative from 2007 to 2019. Noem became South Dakotaโ€™s governor on Jan. 5, 2019. She easily won reelection in 2022 in the red state.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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