Kristi Noem
Secretary of Homeland Security
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem was born in November 1971 in Watertown, South Dakota. She attended Northern State University. She left college to help her family run their farm when her father was killed in a machine-related accident. She later earned an undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Noem won the seat in the House in 2006, and was reelected five times. She became the state legislative member for the Civil Air Patrol. She won the governorship of South Dakota in 2018 and was reelected in 2022.
In November 2024, president-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security. She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in late January 2025.
Noem is married to Bryon and they have three children. She is a Protestant.
In the News…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the legal residents in the United States have nothing to fear from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Secretary Noem stated, “If I’ve heard that expressed by people that are legal citizens of the United States, it’s because the media has perpetuated that fear. The media has said that that’s a possibility.”
She continued, “There’s nothing from this administration, from President Trump or from any of the law enforcement individuals in these communities, that has said that they need to walk around and be concerned about that at all.”
The DHS secretary said she even witnessed citizens coming up to federal officers to thank them “for making sure that they could walk their kids to school with a new confidence that they could get there safely and that they could do business and have their community back.”
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Secretary Noem today? You can let her know at:
The Honorable Kristi Noem, Secretary
Department of Homeland Security
2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Washington, DC 20528-0525
