The US National Security Secretary. , Kristi Noemshe was transferred on Tuesday at ambulance to a hospital in Washingtonafter suffering an allergic reaction, as confirmed by his department.
The Undersecretary of National Security Department (DHS), Tricia McLaughlin, said in a statement that Noem It is “alert and recovering” And she was transferred to the hospital “by caution“
Noem53, has become the face of the mass deportation campaign of the President Donald Trump’s governmenthaving in command the three migratory agencies of the country.
The secretary, who was previously governor of South Dakota and represented that state in the Congress American between 2011 and 2019, was one of the first chosen by Trump To form your Cabinetafter winning your re -election.
He Republican president He focused his return campaign to the White House In immigration, so Noem has been key in the first months of the government.
The secretary has traveled throughout the country, and her presence has stood out on the southwest border, to support developed migratory operations. Last week he was in Los Angeles, where they unleashed manifestations by the raids of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE).
The press conference that gave Noem In the metropolis on June 12 he monopolized the national focus, after the Democratic Senator for California Alex Padilla He was taken to push and handcuffs, when he wanted to ask the secretary about migratory raids.
Noem described the interruption of Padilla as “Inappropriate“, But he said later that he held a friendly conversation with the opposition senator.