Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s likely choice to be nominated as the homeland security secretary, according to three people briefed on the matter. The role will be integral to his promised crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
Mr. Trump told Ms. Noem he wanted her to have the role on Monday evening, according to two of the people briefed on the matter.
In Ms. Noem, Mr. Trump has loyalist who has vocally supported his plans to restrict undocumented immigrants in the country.
A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Ms. Noem, 52, has not managed such a sweeping agency at the federal level. The Department of Homeland Security oversees a number of smaller agencies, many of which deal with immigration-related efforts; others deal with natural disaster responses.
Ms. Noem became a subject of controversy when she described in a memoir shooting a family dog she was training because it was “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.”
As homeland security secretary, she would work closely with Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff overseeing policy and the architect of the president-elect’s immigration agenda. Mr. Trump has named a close ally of Mr. Miller, Thomas Homan, as “border czar,” a role that does not include direct oversight of homeland security agencies.
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