Kristi Noem was selected by Donald Trump as the Secretary of Homeland Security, and she was confirmed for the position in January. "I knew that it would be needed to have someone in the position, that would do what the president promised the American people,

The president’s former campaign manager was denied an official role in the Department of Homeland Security, but he remains influential.

Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager who ruffled feathers when he returned in a senior 2024 campaign role, has been designated a special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security.