Trump appoints strict border-control advocate to major role
The president-elect has selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security and oversee efforts to address illegal immigration. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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The US President-elect has announced his intention to nominate South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Trump highlighted Noem’s “very strong” experience in border security, noting she was “the first Governor to send National Guard Soldiers to help Texas fight the Biden Border Crisis,” having dispatched troops “a total of eight times.”
Trump emphasized that Noem would collaborate closely with Tom Homan, his newly appointed ‘border czar,’ to enhance US border security and “guarantee that our American Homeland is secure from our adversaries.”
The 52-year-old Noem has accepted the nomination and expressed her eagerness to partner with Trump to “make America safe again” by securing the border and “restoring safety to American communities.”
Earlier this year, Noem was also considered a potential running mate for Trump’s presidential campaign. However, public backlash ensued following the release of her memoir, ‘No Going Back,’ where she recounted an incident involving the euthanasia of her 14-month-old dog, which she described as having an “aggressive personality” that rendered it unsuitable for hunting.
In addition to her tough stance on border security, Noem has been an outspoken advocate against anti-Semitism. Earlier this year, she promoted a bill that enshrined the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definitions of anti-Semitism into South Dakota law.
During a signing ceremony for the bill in March, Noem expressed her hope that the legislation would serve as a template for other states and be adopted nationwide. “The language that we have in this bill needs to be able to be used in courts and in litigation and to protect people and stop hate in this country against our Jewish community members,” she remarked at that time.
In May, the US House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which mandated that the Department of Education adopt the IHRA’s definition of anti-Semitism.
However, the bill faced opposition from some lawmakers, including Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who criticized the broad definition, asserting that it could potentially be used to “convict Christians” for stating that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.
Mathilde Moreau contributed to this report for TROIB News
In a statement released on Wednesday, Trump highlighted Noem’s “very strong” experience in border security, noting she was “the first Governor to send National Guard Soldiers to help Texas fight the Biden Border Crisis,” having dispatched troops “a total of eight times.”
Trump emphasized that Noem would collaborate closely with Tom Homan, his newly appointed ‘border czar,’ to enhance US border security and “guarantee that our American Homeland is secure from our adversaries.”
The 52-year-old Noem has accepted the nomination and expressed her eagerness to partner with Trump to “make America safe again” by securing the border and “restoring safety to American communities.”
Earlier this year, Noem was also considered a potential running mate for Trump’s presidential campaign. However, public backlash ensued following the release of her memoir, ‘No Going Back,’ where she recounted an incident involving the euthanasia of her 14-month-old dog, which she described as having an “aggressive personality” that rendered it unsuitable for hunting.
In addition to her tough stance on border security, Noem has been an outspoken advocate against anti-Semitism. Earlier this year, she promoted a bill that enshrined the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definitions of anti-Semitism into South Dakota law.
During a signing ceremony for the bill in March, Noem expressed her hope that the legislation would serve as a template for other states and be adopted nationwide. “The language that we have in this bill needs to be able to be used in courts and in litigation and to protect people and stop hate in this country against our Jewish community members,” she remarked at that time.
In May, the US House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which mandated that the Department of Education adopt the IHRA’s definition of anti-Semitism.
However, the bill faced opposition from some lawmakers, including Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who criticized the broad definition, asserting that it could potentially be used to “convict Christians” for stating that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.
Mathilde Moreau contributed to this report for TROIB News
