{"id":2368068,"date":"2024-11-12T21:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-kristi-noem-as-dhs-secretary-nominee-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T21:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:03:48","slug":"trump-names-kristi-noem-as-dhs-secretary-nominee-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-kristi-noem-as-dhs-secretary-nominee-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump names Kristi Noem as DHS secretary nominee &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-names-kristi-noem-as-dhs-secretary-nominee-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump has \u2064announced his\u200d intention to\u2063 nominate South Dakota Governor Kristi\u200d Noem \u200das \u2063the\u200d Secretary\u200d of the\u200b Department of Homeland\u2063 Security (DHS). In\u2064 a statement, Trump\u200c praised Noem\u2064 for her strong stance on\u2063 border security, highlighting her history of deploying \u2062National \u200bGuard troops to Texas to assist with \u200bthe Biden administration&#8217;s border crisis. Noem expressed\u2063 her honor at the nomination and emphasized her commitment \u200dto\u200b working alongside\u2062 Border Czar Tom Homan to enhance \u2063security and \u2063restore safety \u2064in American communities.<\/p>\n<p>Noem, 52, has been a loyal supporter of Trump and her selection \u2062is in line with \u2064his preference\u2063 for appointing loyalists to key positions. If\u2062 confirmed by \u200bthe Senate, she would \u2062oversee\u2062 the 245,000-employee DHS, which \u2063is tasked \u2064with protecting\u200b U.S. citizens. Her \u2062background as a state and federal lawmaker,\u200b though not from a \u200dborder state, includes multiple visits to the Texas border and active \u200dinvolvement in state initiatives to address immigration. her appointment reflects Trump&#8217;s ongoing emphasis on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-host-showing-of-film-thats-taken-the-nation-by-storm-at-his-golf-club-in-bedminster\/\" title=\"Trump to screen blockbuster film at his Bedminster golf club\">stringent immigration policies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">border security measures<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump announces Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security secretary<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1879694\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced plans to nominate Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/krisi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a> (R-SD) as the secretary for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I am pleased to announce that the Governor and former Congresswoman from South Dakota, Kristi Noem, will be appointed to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),&rdquo; Trump said in a statement issued Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kristi 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,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;She will work closely with&nbsp;&lsquo;Border Czar&rsquo;&nbsp;Tom Homan to secure the Border, and will guarantee that our American Homeland is secure from&nbsp;our adversaries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously announced immigration hawks Stephen Miller and Tom Homan for key roles in the White House to carry out the deportation of illegal immigrants and lead border policy. Miller will be Trump&rsquo;s deputy chief for policy and Homan will serve in a new position as border czar. Unlike Noem, Miller and Homan will not need to be confirmed by the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>Noem, 52, is not from a border state and her background is as a state and U.S. lawmaker. However, she has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2818001\/the-25-republican-governors-backing-abbott-in-his-fight-against-biden-over-the-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">visited<\/a> the Texas border several times during the Biden administration and thanked Trump for the new position.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am honored and humbled that President Donald J. Trump has selected me to be the Secretary of Homeland Security,&rdquo; said Noem in a statement. &ldquo;I look forward to working with Border Czar Tom Homan to make America SAFE again. With 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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Noem has been an ardent supporter of Trump for years and her selection continues with the Trump transition team&rsquo;s theme of picking loyalists who will back the incoming president&rsquo;s policy decisions.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed by the Senate, Noem would oversee the DHS, a 245,000-employee federal department whose mission is protecting the people of the United States. <\/p>\n<p>For context, the largest city in South Dakota is Sioux Falls, with its 213,000 residents. South Dakota has a population of more than 800,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p>Under Noem&rsquo;s leadership, South Dakota also directed its own National Guard troops to deploy to Texas to assist Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) in Operation Lone Star to secure the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">border amid record-high illegal immigration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/344452\/kristi-noem-sending-south-dakota-national-guard-to-us-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sent<\/a> roughly four dozen South Dakota National Guard troops to the Texas border thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/344452\/kristi-noem-sending-south-dakota-national-guard-to-us-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contribution from<\/a> Republican megadonors Willis and Reba Johnson. Willis Johnson made his billions of dollars through Copart, an automotive salvage and auction company.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, as more unaccompanied immigrant children began crossing the southern border, Noem joined other Republican governors who refused to resettle the children in their state.<\/p>\n<p>A slew of Republican governors have refused the Biden administration&rsquo;s requests to send unaccompanied children from the border to their states, but legal experts say they are likely powerless to stop it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Noem&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/kristi-noem-immigration-biden-south-dakota-border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared in a tweet<\/a>&nbsp;that &ldquo;South Dakota won&rsquo;t be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate.&rdquo; In Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds&nbsp;(R-IA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/members-of-the-iowa-city-catholic-worker-house-say-they-are-disappointed-in-gov-kim-reynolds-for-rejecting-a-federal-request-to-accept-migrants-in-iowa\/36094162#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused a federal request<\/a>&nbsp;to hold children in emergency influx shelters at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-border-standoff-desantis-demands-reinstatement-of-trump-border-policies-to-lift-block-on-facilities-accepting-bidens-migrant-children\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Border Standoff: DeSantis Demands Reinstatement of Trump Border Policies to Lift Block on Facilities Accepting Biden\u2019s Migrant Children\">state-licensed facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, while at a press conference on the Texas border with Abbott, Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/723451\/texas-moves-border-buoys-back-into-us-water-after-drifting-into-mexican-territory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">referred to<\/a> him as a &ldquo;rock star&rdquo; for stepping up to bolster border security as more than 6 million people have been encountered illegally entering the country since February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re literally witnessing is a war zone,&rdquo; said Noem. &ldquo;We absolutely have to show people that there&rsquo;s a different choice. And it literally is just enforcing the laws that we already have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noem supported Trump&rsquo;s 2017 executive order that suspended the refugee program from seven countries in the Middle East, otherwise known as the &ldquo;Muslim ban.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Noem had said that she supported a temporary ban on admitting refugees coming from &ldquo;terrorist-held&rdquo; areas. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1879694\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1879694\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2368069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/donald-trump-kristi-noem.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[44897,32359,4904,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2368068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dhs-secretary","tag-kristi-noem","tag-nominee","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/donald-trump-kristi-noem.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368072,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368068\/revisions\/2368072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}