Senate confirms Christy Nov as Trump Secretary for Homeland Security – Boise State Public Radio

Updated on January 25, 2025 at 12:55 pm ET

The Senate confirmed that South Dakota Governor Christie Nov on Saturday is to fulfill the functions of secretary of internal security, leading her to perform one of President Trump’s most priority in his second term: destroys immigration.

Nov, a Republican, won confirmation with 59-34 votes. She became the fourth person confirmed in Trump’s office, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Pete Heget, who was appointed close to the Secretary of Defense on Friday night after Vice President JD Vance voted.

Noem is ready to lead the department that is ready to be at the center of President Trump’s plans to break up with immigration, including the various deportment efforts, changes to the visa and border security measures started by the murder of executives signed by Trump After returning to an office.

The 53 -year -old November was a vocal defender of Trump’s immigration program, as she explained to the senators during her hearing for confirmation.

“The reason I asked for it was that I knew it was a priority for President number one,” November told the Senate Internal Security Committee and government issues, why it is best for the role.

“I knew it would be necessary to have someone in the position. It would do what the president promised to the American people and would be strong enough to do it,” she said.

During his hearing for confirmation, Num said he would partner with Trump to restore the “Stay in Mexico” policy, also known as Migrant Protocols, which would require certain asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their courts They listen to US dates in the United States in an effort to limit the number of people waiting within the US.

NOEM also swore to exclude the CPB One app, an application used by asylum seekers to apply for asylum with US customs and border protection. DHS canceled all meetings within hours of Trump’s inauguration.

She expressed support to terminate the citizenship of firstborn rights, which President Trump seeks to do through enforcement action. Legal experts are widely agreed that the President has no authority to repeal the citizenship of firstborn rights through enforcement actions, and more recently, this will require a change in the Constitution. An American judge is already temporarily blocking the order, calling it “grossly non -constitutional.”

Noem is expected to work to implement the immigration policy set by Tom Homan, whom Trump has chosen to serve as his “border king”, and Stephen Miller, deputy chief or headquarters and key architect of the president’s immigration plan. It is also likely to work with heget, as several of Trump’s executives include DHS military assistance for repatriation flights, building barriers at the southern border and others.

NOEM will monitor more than 260,000 federal officers. In addition to the supervision of agencies dealing with immigration and responding to natural disasters, internal security works with the nation’s intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist threats.

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