The department that the South Dakota governor seeks to lead will be critical to fulfilling the incoming administration’s promises to quickly crack down on immigration.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participated in a federal immigration operation in New York City on Tuesday, catching "dirtbags" in the city.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who would lead the 260,000-employee department after Trump takes office on Monday, said she would work to reinstate Trump's "remain in Mexico" program. The program forced non-Mexican migrants to wait in Mexico while ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), vowed at her Senate confirmation hearing to lead a crackdown on immigration by securing the "war zone" at the US-Mexico border and deporting unauthorised migrants.

Noem vowed Friday to immediately halt the controversial mobile app that lets migrants register to enter the US.

I know she’s ready to get to work for President Trump and the American people,' Senate Majority Leader John Thune says of Gov. Kristi Noem

The Senate voted 59 to 34 to confirm Ms. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, as the new head of the Department.

The role is key to Trump’s plans for his second term after pledging to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and impose a crackdown at the southern border.

Alabama Senator Katie Britt, chair of Senate Homeland Security Appropriations, believes Noem is committed to securing the U.S.-Mexico border after successful confirmation vote Saturday.

Kristi Noem​, Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, took questions from lawmakers on border policies and disaster relief.

U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in the area.