Kristi Noem

Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is an American politician who served as the eighth United States secretary of homeland security from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2019 to 2025 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota and represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. During her tenure at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), her immigration policies generated controversies, particularly the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

series of protests in the United States against immigration raids

operation planned to use law enforcement and the armed forces for carrying out mass deportations in the United States

Corey R. Lewandowski is an American political operative, lobbyist, and pundit politically aligned with Donald Trump. He served as the first campaign manager for Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. He has also worked as a political commentator for CNN, One America News Network (OANN), and Fox News, and as acting Chief of Staff to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

2025 deportation of a Salvadoran national from the United States