OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
3:51 PM – Tuesday, November 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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As Secretary of Homeland Security, Noem oversees several important federal agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Secret Service, the TSA, the Coast Guard, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. will be in charge of. NBC News Reported.
Two people with direct knowledge contacted news outlets and claimed that President Trump had already informed him that he had selected Noem to be DHS secretary.
Noem, 52, has expressed continued support for the president-elect's immigration plan, despite having little experience on homeland security issues.
In a number of speeches in January, Noem cited intrusions at the U.S.-Mexico border and that the state was sending razor wire and additional security personnel to Texas to deter illegal immigration at the southern border. He emphasized that he is considering doing so.
Noem echoed statistics reported by President Trump and the FBI about how violent criminals, including rapists, murderers and terrorists, are entering the country illegally, and Biden, Harris and Homeland Security's Alejandro – Criticized Secretary Mayorkas' border controls.
“he [Biden] They are ignoring federal law and allowing extremely dangerous people into our country,” Noem said in an interview in June. nbc “Meet the Press.'' “And this week alone, I think four different people have been assaulted, raped, or murdered by illegal immigrants who have come across open borders.'' And that cannot continue to happen.”
“I believe that when Donald Trump returns to the White House and takes charge of this country, we will have a great opportunity to show that the people of this country will be safer and that we will have law and order. “We're back in our city,” she said. “If you look at one of the most violent areas in our country, [it] “Often these are cities run by Democrats, sanctuary cities with open borders,” she continued.
President Trump was also reportedly considering Noem as his running mate this term.
But after Noem revealed in a book published this year that she shot and killed her 14-month-old without yielding to her pound, pet adoption center, or even her friends, media and politicians on both sides criticized Nomu. – Older puppies were simply harder to train and weren't good hunting dogs.
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