The US Senate on Saturday confirmed Christie Nam’s Homeland Security Secretary, making South Dakota governor in charge of a wide agency that is essential for national security and illegal during Donald Trump’s second presidency. Plans to stop immigration.
Republicans continued to work for the Senate to install the latest member of Trump’s national security team on Saturday. Secretary Defense Pete Hegast’s Friday night was dramatically confirmed in a tie -breaking voting, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. The Senate will vote next Monday evening on the verification of Scott Basant as a Treasury Secretary.
Nam, Trump’s ally, who is his second term governor, received some support from the Democrats in the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee when he forwarded his nomination earlier week. Voted 13-2. The Republicans, who already have the necessary votes to confirm it, have also expressed their confidence in their commitment to lead border security and immigration implementation.
“Resolving this crisis and restoring respect for the rule of law is one of the top priorities of President Trump and Republicans,” said John Thoon, the majority of the GOP Senate leader, South Dakota. “And this will require a decisive and determined leader in the Homeland Security Department. I am sure Christie has everything to do.
Democrats are divided on how to handle the border and immigration under Trump, with some warmth in its strict stance.
Nevertheless, the Senate Democratic leader, New York’s Chuck Schumer, had earlier said that he would vote against Nam. He pointed to the “bilateral solution to fix the disturbance on our border”, adding that Noem “seems to be going in the wrong direction”.
Homeland Security Secretary oversees US Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services. In addition to these agencies, the department is also responsible for securing the airline transportation, safety of honorable, dealing with natural disasters and more.
Trump is planning major changes to the department’s working procedure, including the inclusion of the military in the implementation of immigration and the formation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The projects can immediately light up after the new president visits the recent destruction sites in North Carolina and California in California.
During his Senate hearing, Democratic Senators were repeatedly asked if they would provide the states to deal with disasters, even if Trump had asked not to do it.
Naeem refused to say that she would negate the president, but he told the lawmakers: “I will present the program according to the law and it will be done without any political prejudice.”
During the first four years of Trump, six people cycling as Homeland Security Secretary.
Nam, who holds his state’s only US House seat for eight years before becoming governor in 2019, has increased the Republican Party through close ties with Trump. At one point, she was also considering becoming a running partner.
However, his political reserves decreased a moment, however, when he released a book last year telling about killing his hunter dog, as well as a false claim that his The meeting was held with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Nam will be entrusted with Trump’s favorite problem, delivering border security. The goals of deporting millions of people who enter the country illegally can put Nam in a difficult situation with their experience of ruling the rural state and growing on the farm. In South Dakota, many immigrants, some of whom are in the country without a permanent legal status, empower heavy jobs that produce food and housing.
It has so far pledged to comply with the president’s orders loyalty and has copied his conversation with Mexico about the “attack” on the US border.
Noem joined the other Republican governors who sent the National Guard troops to Texas to help Operation Lone Star, which discouraged migrants. His decision was particularly criticized as he accepted a $ 1 million donation from a billionaire in Tennessee to cover some deployment costs.
Naeem said he chose to send the National Guard troops “because of the attack, and added that” this is a war area below “.
