The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), putting her at the center of an administration focused heavily on immigration.

The job has proved fiendishly difficult in the Trump era. During his first term, the president cycled through no fewer than six Homeland Security chiefs.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem on Saturday as the next secretary of Homeland Security, which has a lead role in immigration enforecment.

The role is key to Trump’s plans for his second term after pledging to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and impose a crackdown at the southern border.

Alabama Senator Katie Britt, chair of Senate Homeland Security Appropriations, believes Noem is committed to securing the U.S.-Mexico border after successful confirmation vote Saturday.

The Senate on Saturday confirmed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as the director of the Department of Homeland Security in a bipartisan 59-34 vote.

The vote comes after all Republican senators, joined by eight Democrats, broke a filibuster on the South Dakota governor’s cabinet nomination Friday night.

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks in Las Vegas as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.

The Democrats supporting the bill include Senators John Fetterman (D-PA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Kelly ...

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.). Like some of the House’s pro-Laken Riley Act Democrats ...

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks in Las Vegas as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania ... Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Mark Warner of Virginia and Raphael Warnock of Georgia.