The Senate on Saturday confirmed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as the director of the Department of Homeland Security in a bipartisan 59-34 vote.

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The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), putting her at the center of an administration focused heavily on immigration.

The job has proved fiendishly difficult in the Trump era. During his first term, the president cycled through no fewer than six Homeland Security chiefs.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem on Saturday as the next secretary of Homeland Security, which has a lead role in immigration enforecment.

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.

On Saturday, the Senate approved President Donald Trump's nomination of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security.

Seven Democratic senators voted to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), allowing her to lead an agency that will be paramount to President Trump’s plan to crack down on illegal immigration during his second White House term.

The vote comes after all Republican senators, joined by eight Democrats, broke a filibuster on the South Dakota governor’s cabinet nomination Friday night.

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.

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks in Las Vegas as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks in Las Vegas as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.