00:00Outgoing U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivered a keynote address to law enforcement leaders in Tennessee
00:08without addressing her removal from the post announced just moments earlier.
00:12Noem, who oversaw President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown, is expected to leave the role at the end of the
00:19month.
00:23Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he will nominate Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen to replace Noem,
00:30a move that will require U.S. Senate confirmation.
00:34Noem, a former governor of South Dakota, became one of the most high-profile figures in Trump's cabinet
00:40as the public face of his aggressive immigration crackdown.
00:44She faced intense criticism in January after she described two U.S. citizens fatally shot by federal immigration agents in
00:52Minneapolis as committing domestic terrorism.
00:54The incident sparked a public backlash and prompted the Trump administration to shift toward a more targeted approach
01:01to immigration enforcement in Minnesota after months of sweeps in U.S. cities.
01:06Democrats in the U.S. House moved to impeach Noem, while at least two Republican lawmakers also called for her
01:13removal.
01:14She also faced scrutiny over a controversial U.S. $220 million ad campaign promoting the administration's immigration policies,
01:22which featured her prominently.
01:25May God continue to bless our great country.
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