Nov. 12 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Monday announced plans to nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security of his incoming administration.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday night he will nominate South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which will carry out Trump’s plan to conduct mass deportations of millions of people in the country without proper legal status. ...

President Donald Trump has picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to run the vast Department of Homeland Security.

The South Dakota governor has voiced support for the president-elect’s hardline immigration policies.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to fill the role of Homeland Security secretary, according to reports on Tuesday.

South Dakota governor reportedly is Trump's pick for a job that includes securing the U.S. border and carrying out the president-elect's promised mass deportation.

Noem was widely ridiculed for admitting she shot and killed her family dog in her book published earlier this year.