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https://apnews.com/article/trump-homelan...b8f8b5961a
"President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response.

Trump, who said he would nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, made the announcement on social media two days after Noem faced a grilling on Capitol Hill from GOP members as well as Democrats.

Trump said he’ll make Noem a “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative that he said would focus on the Western Hemisphere...."

Well, she did make many mistakes, including causing PR headaches for the Trump admin.

This is her replacement: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19571-...l#pid82215

(Mar 5, 2026 09:04 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]Trump said he’ll make Noem a “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative that he said would focus on the Western Hemisphere...."

Though "envoy" still entails travel, maybe it's now on a broomstick instead of the DHS $70 million dollar luxury jet (should it still become reality).

'No expense has been spared': Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigra...rcna259425

EXCERPT: The spokesperson for DHS said the plane is intended to save taxpayer money. “This new plane will serve dual missions— both as ICE deportation flights and for cabinet level travel,” the DHS spokesperson said in a statement. “This plane flies at 40% cheaper than what the military aircraft flies for ICE deportation flights—saving the American taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars. This is part of Secretary Noem’s broader efforts to clamp down on inefficiencies and save taxpayer dollars.”