South Dakota governor to lead Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration

The president-elect has tapped Kristi Noem to head the US Department of Homeland Security

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security once he takes office next year. 

In a statement on Wednesday, Trump pointed to Noem’s “very strong” background in securing the border and recalled that she was “the first Governor to send National Guard...