The Republican Governor of Dakota South Kristi Noem will become another secretary of the Internal Security Department after the US Senate confirmed her nomination on Saturday.
53-year-old Noem, there was a congressmen, headed by one of the largest departments of the federal government, employing 260,000 employees and a budget exceeding $ 100 billion. His duties include protecting borders, responding to disasters, cyber and aerial safety and protection of dignitaries.
Simple voting confirming Noema was 59-34Together with other Republicans from South Dakota, the leader of the majority John Thune and Senator Mike Rounds, casting two votes for.
Speaking against the approval of Noem in the Senate, Senator Dick Durbin from Illinois warned that the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, which Noem could conduct on behalf of President Donald Trump, would hurt the country’s economy. Durbin said that among the most affected industries there may be an industry with a key importance for the family state of Noema: Agriculture.
“In many cases, employees collecting crops will be released,” said Durbin.
Speaking in favor of Noem, Senator Chuck Grassley from the state of Iowa said that the United States is a country of immigrants, but “we are also a nation based on law and we have not seen that immigration law was enforced over the last four years.”
“So I intend to vote for the Governor of Noem because it is involved in the enforcement of our immigration regulations,” said Grassley.
Increase in the SD Vice Governor
Noem takes up a position in the Internal Security Department after acting as the first woman-governor of South Dakota. After re -elected in 2022, she served a second four -year term.
Mention resigned From the position on Saturday, and his successor became its vice -deboratory, Republican Larry Rhoden, who became the 34th Central Director , which is in the course of an annual session of the law. Rhodena’s office issued a statement on Saturday, in which he states that the details of the grave swearing -in will soon be announced.
Saturday’s Saturday voting on confirmation was an end to the growth of meaning in the country that began during the Covid-19 pandemic. Her decision as a governor, to avoid ordinance of universal downtime in South Dakota, caught Trump’s attention during his first term, who accepted Noem invitation for the weekend on July 4 fireworks show In Mount Rushmore in 2020, this helped to cease the relationships that she established with Trump when she served as a member of the House of Representatives for four terms in 2011–2019.
It was widely believed that last year Noem was taken into account for Trump’s candidacy for a candidacy, until its April premiere of the book suddenly ended this speculation.
The Guardian received a pre -sale copy of the book “No Going Back” and exposed fragments Noem wrote about a deadly shot of a misunderstood hunting dog and an unruly goat. The Dakota Scout, media from southern Dakota, questioned Noem claim in the book that she met the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Una, but withdrew them.
Noem met with crushing criticism during a nationwide tour with a book and became the object of jokes on evening television. However, less than three months later she had the best speech during the National Republican Convention. Shortly after Trump’s victory in the November presidential election announced Noem as his candidate for the head of the Internal Security Department.
Noema’s role in border matters
By acting as a governor, NEEM sent branches of the National Guard many times To facilitate Texas secure his border with Mexico and convened a joint meeting of legislature to achieve results speech About the border. In his recent role of the Secretary of Internal Security, Noem will play a key role in achieving Trump’s goals Immigration suppression.
Last week, Noam appeared before the US Safety Committee and Government Affairs of the US Senate at the approval hearing. She he said “The security of borders must remain the highest priority.”
“As a nation, we have the right and an obligation to secure our boundaries against those who would like to hurt us, and we must create a fair and lawful immigration system that will be efficient and effective and which reflects our values,” said Noem.
Trump began implementing his immigration plan shortly after taking office on Monday.
As part of an avalanche of executive ordinances that appeared this week, Trump decided to abolish citizenship resulting from birth in the United States. But on Thursday a federal judge temporarily blocked plan that met with an avalanche of legal challenges.
Trump also announced an extraordinary state on the American-Metician border, and at the beginning of this week Pentagon announced immediate sending 1,500 soldiers in energetic service to secure the area.
Noem is the fourth candidate for Trump’s office confirm the SenateAfter the Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSthaCIA director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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