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    Trump officially names Kristi Noem to head Department of Homeland Security

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    President-elect Donald Trump has officially selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security.

    Noem will serve as DHS secretary and oversee several federal agencies U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is responsible for immigration to the United States, including Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Other agencies in the domain will include the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Secret Service.

    Trump confirmed the selection Tuesday evening in a statement shared by spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt and posted on his own account. Real Social bill.

    The announcement came after CNN reported the development for the first time Early on Tuesday. The outlet cited two unnamed sources “familiar with the election.” Other media outlets also reported on the election.

    Before Noem can take office, her Cabinet nomination will need to be approved by the US Senate.

    But Trump demands next Senate GOP leader allow him/her to make recess appointmentsAn upcoming succession race in which U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, is the leading candidate.

    This would allow the next president to fast-track the confirmation process and prevent the Senate from unexpectedly rejecting Noem’s job.

    Trump also announced Sunday that Tom Homan, who headed aggressive immigration enforcement efforts as director of ICE during the president-elect’s last administration, will serve in the role of “border czar.”

    Trump said Noem was “working closely” with Homan to secure the U.S. southern border with Mexico.

    “I have known Kristi for years and have worked with her on a wide variety of projects,” Trump wrote. “It will be a huge part of our mission to Make America Safe Again.”

    Another anti-immigration conservative, Stephen Miller, also Appointed vice president for policy.

    As expected, Noem accepted Trump’s endorsement. The South Dakota governor wrote in a statement included with Trump’s announcement that he was “honored and humbled” to be selected for the Cabinet position. He also reiterated the president-elect’s border stance, stating that the Trump administration will “make America safe again.”

    Noem’s selection to the Cabinet post was welcomed by U.S. Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-South Dakota), who congratulated Noem via his campaign account at noon Tuesday before the official announcement.

    “I am confident that Kristi will secure the southern border and keep America safe,” Johnson added to the congressional X account.

    Noem, a longtime Trump loyalist, has been a staunch critic of immigration policy under the Biden-Harris administration. He frequently refers to the U.S.-Mexico border as a “war zone” and under an “invasion” of immigrants, and has used the border situation as a reason to deploy South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas at his expense several times over the years. from state funds.

    Noem’s comments on the border were also directed at Native American communities in South Dakota. On Jan. 31, the second-term governor told South Dakota lawmakers that Mexican drug cartels were using Indian reservations in the state to “facilitate the spread of drugs into the Midwest.”

    Noem also suggested, without evidence, that tribal leaders “personally benefited” from the cartels during a town hall event in Winner in March. He later called on tribes to “drive out the cartels” in the state in April Press release.

    All nine Native American tribes in South Dakota officially approved the exile After these comments, Noem’s lands Statements he made about indigenous children at a similar town hall in Mitchell.

    Noem’s relationship with Trump changed for a time after she endured international criticism in the spring following media reports about her latest memoir, in which she described personally killing a 14-month-old hunting dog and a goat she owned after a pheasant hunt in the 2000s. .

    He was once considered a running mate for Trump’s vice presidential pick, which eventually went to Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.

    If Noem is officially confirmed, South Dakota Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden would likely take over as the state’s governor.

    More: Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden may be in position to replace Gov. Kristi Noem: What you need to know:

    Rhoden will be the third lieutenant governor to do so during a running term. He is preceded by former state Sen. Harvey Wollman. Democratic Government Dick Kneip After resigning in July 1978 to serve President Jimmy Carter as the U.S. ambassador to Singapore.

    Walter Dale Miller became the second lieutenant governor to ascend to the governorship after the former governor’s death. Republican Governor George MickelsonHe died along with several other officials, local administrators, and state pilots in a plane crash near Dubuque, Iowa, on April 19, 1993.

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