南达科他州州长克里斯蒂·诺姆(Kristi Noem)在冠状病毒疫情期间成为全国关注的焦点，周六被参议院确认领导国土安全部。
诺姆以59票对34票赢得了确认，使她成为特朗普内阁确认的第四人。皮特·海格塞斯是确认为国防部长就在几小时前。
在国务院发布的一份声明中，国务卿诺姆表示，她将“每天”努力保持美国人的“安全和保障”
她周六在一份声明中说:“特朗普政府将再次授权我们勇敢的男女执法人员履行职责，并将犯罪外国人和非法团伙从我们的国家清除出去。”“我们将充分装备我们的情报和执法力量，以发现和防止恐怖威胁，并将向处于危机中的美国人提供快速援助和灾难救援。”
诺厄姆感谢总统给她服务的机会，并表示她希望完成总统的使命，“确保我们南部边境的安全，并修复我们破碎的移民系统。”
在她确认听证会诺厄姆说，南部边境“不安全”，她将帮助解决这个问题。
“特朗普总统需要实现这一使命，因为三分之二的美国人支持他的移民和边境政策，其中包括大多数西班牙裔美国人，”诺姆在她的开场声明中说。“当德克萨斯州请求帮助，当他们被前所未有的边境危机淹没时，我是第一个向我们的南部边境派遣国民警卫队的州长。如果被确认为部长，我将确保我们出色的、非凡的边境巡逻人员拥有他们执行任务所需的所有工具、资源和支持。”
国土安全部已经关闭了CBP一号应用程序，该应用程序允许移民在边境预约申请庇护——诺姆向参议院国土安全和政府事务委员会承诺她会这么做。
Noem将监管22个机构，拥有超过260，000名员工，他们的工作范围从边境到联邦灾难管理到特勤局。
在这张2024年10月14日的档案照片中，共和党总统候选人前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)在宾夕法尼亚州奥克斯(Oaks)大费城展览中心(Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & fair grounds)的竞选市政厅，随
“作为部长，我将监督特勤局，一个急需改革的机构。我们都看到了当选总统特朗普去年面临的威胁以及失败的后果，”诺厄姆说。“现在，这种情况再也不会发生了，我已经与我自己的州长保护细节密切合作，我熟悉什么可行，什么不可行，我将把这种经验用于加强特勤局。”
即将上任的国务卿表示，她将遵循法律，不带政治偏见地实施改革，包括在救灾方面。
她补充说，“如果有机会成为国土安全部部长，我将根据法律实施这些计划，并且不会有任何政治偏见。”
Kristi Noem confirmed as secretary of homeland security
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, the firebrand who gained a national spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic, was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Noem won confirmation in a 59-34 vote, making her the fourth person confirmed to Trump's cabinet. Pete Hegseth wasconfirmed as defense secretaryjust hours earlier.
In a statement released by the department, Secretary Noem said she will work "every day" to keep Americans "safe and secure."
"The Trump Administration will once-again empower our brave men and women in law enforcement to do their jobs and remove criminal aliens and illegal gangs from our country," she said in a statement on Saturday. "We will fully equip our intelligence and law enforcement to detect and prevent terror threats and will deliver rapid assistance and disaster relief to Americans in crisis."
Noem thanked the president for the opportunity to serve and said she wants to achieve the president’s mandate "to secure our southern border and fix our broken immigration system."
During herconfirmation hearing, Noem said the southern border is "not secure" and that she will help to fix it.
"President Trump needs to achieve this mission because two-thirds of Americans support his immigration and border policies, including the majority of Hispanic Americans," Noem said in her opening statement. "I was the first governor to send National Guard troops to our southern border when Texas asked for help and when they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented border crisis. If confirmed as secretary, I'll ensure that our exceptional, extraordinary Border Patrol agents have all the tools and resources and support that they need to carry out their mission."
The Department of Homeland Security already shut down the CBP One app, which allowed migrants to make appointments at the border to claim asylum -- something Noem promised the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee she'd do.
Noem will oversee 22 agencies with more than 260,000 employees who work on issues ranging from the border to federal disaster management to the Secret Service.
"As secretary, I will oversee the Secret Service, an agency that is in serious need of reforms. We all saw the threats to President-elect Trump last year and the consequences of failure," Noem said. "Now, that should never happen again, and I've worked closely with my own gubernatorial protective detail, and I'm familiar with what works and what doesn't work, and I'll bring that experience towards strengthening the Secret Service."
The incoming secretary said she will follow the law and implement reforms with no political bias, including with regard to disaster relief.
She added that "if given the chance to be secretary of homeland security, that I will deliver the programs according to the law and that it will be done with no political bias."
