The Senate was confirmed Christie Noem Former Governor South Dakota will be in charge of a vast institution that is indispensable for national security and President Donald Trump as a secretary of the National Land Security with 59-34 votes on Saturday. Close illegal immigrants。
The Republican members continued to work on the Senate on Saturdays and set up the latest members of Trump’s National Security Team. Secretary of Defense Pete Hescess It was confirmed on Friday night and joined the Secretary of State Marco Rubio And CIA Director John Latcriff。 Senate will vote next Monday evening Scott Bessent Confirmation as the Secretary of Finance.
“As a secretary of the Ministry of Land Security, I work to keep all Americans safe and secure every day,” said Noem in a statement to announce her confirmation.
“Thank you for their trust in President Trump and me,” she added. “Together, we will again guarantee that the United States is a beacon of future generation freedom, safety, and security.”
NOEM told CBS News that the two sources were later sworn as the Secretary of Land Security at the Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Laundry posted a photo to the ceremonial social media.
According to Taylor Van Kirk, Vice President JD Vansmen, “Due to the scheduling dispute, Secretary Noem’s vow was delayed this afternoon. We are doing her, and the border. I will secure.
She resigned as Governor of South Dakota shortly after she was confirmed. Noem was her second term and served for six years. Her deputy governor, Rally Roden, is now the 34th governor of the state.
Noem, Trump’s allies, received some support from the Democratic Party when he voted 13-2 by the Senate’s Land Security and Government issues. Promote her nomination At the beginning of the week. The Republican members who have already had the necessary votes to confirm her have expressed confidence in the leading determination. Border security And immigration execution.
“Correcting this crisis and recovering respect for the ruling of the law is one of the top priority of President Trump and Republican members,” said John Tune, RS.D. Was said on Friday. “And you will need a decisive and dedicated leader of the Ministry of Land Security. I think Christie has everything you need to take this task.”
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The Democratic Party divided the border execution and immigration under Trump, and had some warming on his hard line stand.
Nevertheless, the Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in the New York State Senate said that he would vote against Nome. He pointed out “a solution to a bipartinese to fix confusion at our border,” and Noem added, “It looks like you’re heading in the wrong direction.”
The Secretary of the Land Security coaches US customs border security, immigration, customs, citizenship and immigration bureau. Beyond these institutions, the department is in charge of the airline transport, and is in charge of protecting high -ranking officials and responding to natural disasters.
Trump plans to make a major change in how the department works, including involving the army in the execution of immigrants and reconstructing the Federal Emergency Management Bureau. These plans were able to spotlight NOEM immediately after a new president visited a recent disaster site in North Carolina and California on Friday.
In a hearing of the Senator, Nohm repeatedly asked by the Democratic Senator to ask the state to provide disaster assistance, even if Trump would not do so.
Nohem avoided against the president, but she told the Diet, “I will provide a program according to the law and do it without political prejudice.”
Six people rode a bicycle as Secretary of Land Security in the first four years of Trump.
Noem, who had been holding the only US house seat in the state before becoming governor in 2019, rose in GOP by tacking it closely with Trump. At one point, she was considering that he was a friend he was running.
However, her politician released a book that includes a description that she killed a hunting dog last year, and that she once met North Korean leader Kim John Eun. I took a temporary dip when I released it.
If confirmed, she will be assigned to provide border security, a favorite issue of Trump. The president’s goal of expulsion of millions of people who illegally entered the country was to gain her experience in a difficult position, rule of rural state and grew on farms. In South Dakota, many immigrants, part of the permanent legal status, have given power to work with food and housing.
She so far has pledged to be faithfully executed the president’s order and copied a “invasion” lecture on the US border with Mexico.
Noem has joined the Republican Governor, who sent the National Security Army to Texas to support the operation of the Loanstar to prevent immigrants. Her decision was particularly criticized for accepting a donation of $ 1 million from Tennessee’s billionaire to cover a portion of the expansion costs.
Noem said she chose to send the National Guard for this invasion and added that it was a war zone there.
