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It’s a massive upgrade from Alejandro Mayorkas to Kristi Noem, and now it’s official: the Senate voted Saturday to confirm Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by a 59-34 vote. (Occasionally sensible Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voted for the nominee.) There is now a very real chance that the southern border will be secured and that the government will take a more realistic approach to national security than it ever came close to doing during the long four years of Old Joe Biden’s misrule.
During her confirmation hearings last week, Noem, who has been governor of South Dakota since 2019, declared: “I was the first governor to send National Guard troops to Texas when they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented border crisis. If confirmed as secretary, I will ensure that our exceptional, extraordinary border patrol agents have all the tools and resources and support they need to carry out their mission effectively.”
At a hearing three days before President Trump took office, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked Noem if she thought the border was secure. Hawley was not asking Noem simply to affirm the obvious; he was also indirectly calling attention to the outrageous lie that Mayorkas, Old Joe Biden’s DHS secretary, told back in July 2022. “Look, the border is secure,” Mayorkas claimed even as hordes of illegal migrants were strolling into the country unimpeded. “We are working to make the border more secure. That has been a historic challenge.”
Noem, by contrast, answered Hawley with the plain truth: “Senator, no, the southern border is not secure today. But in just three days, we will have a new president in this country, President Donald J. Trump. And he will secure our border.” And in the week since then, he has already moved decisively to do so, as well as to apprehend and deport the massive numbers of illegal migrants that Old Joe brought into the country.
Noem also said that she would end the CBP One app and another migrant parole program which the Biden regime used in order to release nearly a million and a half migrants inside the U.S. “Yes, Senator,” she told Hawley, “if confirmed and I have the opportunity to be secretary, on day one CBP One will be shut down.”
Trump himself stated that Noem would “work closely with ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan to secure the border and will guarantee that our American homeland is secure from our adversaries. I have known Kristi for years and have worked with her on a wide variety of projects. She will be a great part of our mission to make America safe again.”
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’m most thrilled that Hegseth made it through, and am happy for Noem. Of the remaining nominees, I’m still waiting for Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, and hope that they too get confirmed by the Senate
Oh, and shame on Mitch for forcing the VP to break a tie. I do hope Kentucky voters elect someone new in the GOP primaries for his seat, and that he doesn’t cling on to it like Pelosi. I also hope that Collins loses to a Democrat, since she only votes (R) 30% of the time, forcing the party to discount her votes whenever there are any close issues. As for Murkowski, I hope the Republicans manage to find a second Dem plant for senator who their voters can vote for 2nd choice: that’s the only way Murkowski can be beaten in a ranked choice vote in an open general
somehistory says
mayorkys lied to Congress. He should be charged with a crime of lying to Congress. Lying to a Senator when asked a question such as he was asked during a hearing, is a crime. A person off the street would have been charged long ago. Nearly three years….time enough for mayorkis to be behind bars.
Brazil and Mexico are angry at the returns. Americans have been angry for four years. Guess it’s about time the anger was spread more evenly among the world’s population.
DOUG PERLE says
THE CURRENT LEADER OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT TRUMP NEEDS TO GET A LAW PASSED THAT IF THE “PRESIDENTS” OF THE FUTURE FAIL TO PROTECT OUR BOARDERS THEY WILL BE INPRISONED
James Lincoln says
The US borders can never ever be “wide open” again.
Never.
And Democrats – in their current form – can never again hold the “levers of power” in the United States.
Infidel lives matter says
She probably would have been Vice President by now if it wasn´t for the fact that she wouldn´t let her kids be torn to pieces by a rabid dog.