WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was confirmed as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS):

“Texas is on the front lines of the border crisis, but Governor Noem knows all too well that every state became a border state under the failed Biden-Harris-Mayorkas administration. She was one of the first governors to send reinforcements to support Texas’ efforts to secure the border when President Biden refused to do so, and she’s solidified herself as a strong defender of President Trump’s border agenda ever since.”

“I look forward to working with Governor Noem in her new capacity to finally secure our southern border and put an end to this crisis that has wreaked havoc on the Lone Star State.”