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US Senate confirms Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary

26-01-2025 08:59 AM


Ammon News - The Senate voted on Saturday morning to confirm Kristi Noem as President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, installing a longtime Trump ally at the helm of an agency poised to play a central role in the president’s promised immigration crackdown.

The vote was bipartisan, 59-34, and Noem was sworn in later Saturday.

Noem served as governor of South Dakota since 2019 and is a former state legislator and four-term congresswoman. She will now be tasked with leading Homeland Security, a sprawling department that oversees agencies such as US Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the US Secret Service.

In a statement after Saturday’s vote, Noem said she will prioritize securing the southern border and fixing “our broken immigration system.”

“I will work every day to keep all Americans safe and secure. One of my top priorities is achieving President Trump’s mandate from the American people to secure our southern border and fix our broken immigration system,” Noem’s statement said.

“The Trump Administration will once-again empower our brave men and women in law enforcement to do their jobs and remove criminal aliens and illegal gangs from our country,” she continued. CNN




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