At confirmation hearing, the South Dakota governor cited an ‘invasion’ of migrants even as illegal crossings have fallen sharply
President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is appearing for her confirmation hearing before a Senate panel Friday. The purview of DHS involves immigration and federal emergency management — two hot-button topics.
Kristi Noem used her confirmation hearing to excoriate work done by DHS during the Biden administration and said big changes are coming.
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is expected to cruise through the process to confirmation after surviving a fairly quiet hearing that lasted less than three hours.
Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security.
Separately in the hearing, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) claimed Alejandro Mayorkas, the DHS secretary under President Joe Biden, had “allowed” around 400 people on the terrorism watch list, formally known as the “terrorist screening data set,” to “come into this country illegally.” Noem cited similar figures.
Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota,
At Senate confirmation hearing Gov. Kristi Noem pledges to secure southern border if confirmed as Homeland Security chief
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem faced senators Friday as she vies to lead the federal agency that will carry out President-elect Donald Trump's promise to conduct the largest deportation program in U.S. history.
Hawley called CHNV a “mass parole program” that exceeds the government’s authority under immigration law. Hawley said the law allows parole “in only very limited circumstances,” which he said requires case-by-case evaluation and is not practiced by the Biden administration.
Kristi Noem wants to "refocus" the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on critical infrastructure.