The department that the South Dakota governor seeks to lead will be critical to fulfilling the incoming administration’s promises to quickly crack down on immigration.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who would lead the 260,000-employee department after Trump takes office on Monday, said she would work to reinstate Trump's "remain in Mexico" program. The program forced non-Mexican migrants to wait in Mexico while ...

Noem vowed Friday to immediately halt the controversial mobile app that lets migrants register to enter the US.

Alabama Senator Katie Britt, chair of Senate Homeland Security Appropriations, believes Noem is committed to securing the U.S.-Mexico border after successful confirmation vote Saturday.

I know she’s ready to get to work for President Trump and the American people,' Senate Majority Leader John Thune says of Gov. Kristi Noem

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

The role is key to Trump’s plans for the second term after his pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and impose a crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Noem will now lead a federal department tasked with enforcing Trump’s hardline immigration policies, despite her lack of experience with homeland security issues.

U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in the area.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of ... She vowed to help the president reinstate “Remain in Mexico,” a first-term policy that required asylum seekers to wait ...

Noem repeated a falsehood that Trump shared during the 2024 presidential campaign. There are not more than 13,000 murderers or nearly 16,000 sex offenders "loose" in the U.S. Her statement is based on a misinterpreted letter sent by ICE in late 2024.