By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON - Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary on Saturday, putting into position a key member of the Republican's Cabinet as he launches a wide-ranging immigration crackdown.

Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem and she was born in 1971 in Watertown, in east central South Dakota. The city is in Codington County about 187 miles northeast of the state's capital Pierre. The new Secretary of Homeland Security is married to Bryon Noem.

During his first week in office, Trump signed 10 executive orders on ... U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was in the Bronx Tuesday for the round-up. "We are doing this right ...

So far, three people have been confirmed to Trump’s Cabinet: former Sen. Marco Rubio as the secretary of state, John Ratcliffe as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense.

The Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

The US Senate on Saturday confirmed South Dakota governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a key agency in President Donald Trump's push to clamp down on illegal immigration.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of Homeland Security, is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her ...

Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went head-to-head on the Thursday, January 30, installment of The Ingraham Angle. The back-and-forth began after Ingraham played several clips of Democratic mayors in Chicago,

The Trump administration launches a nationwide immigration crackdown with brutal outcomes and hidden, lasting consequences.

The Senate continues their confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees on Thursday, and here’s what you need to know.