The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with border control, counterterrorism and other aspects
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is an American politician serving as the United States special envoy for the Shield of the Americas since 2026. From 2025 to 2026, she served as the eighth United States secret
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
…military advisor and executive secretary report to the DHS chief of staff, a position that is currently vacant since January 2025. While DHS secretary Kristi Noem was participating in an immigration raid on April 8, 2025, she was accompanied by former Trump campaign manager and senior adviser Corey Lewandowski…
Official portrait, 2025
Noem visiting U.S. troops during the 2019 Golden Coyote Exercise at Rapid City, S.D., June 2019
Noem being sworn in by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on January 25, 2025, with Governor of Louisiana Jeff Landry holding the Bible
Noem speaking to law enforcement agents during an ICE raid, 2025