EXCLUSIVE: Promi­nent Police Orga­ni­za­tion Throws Sup­port Behind Kristi Noem In Con­fir­ma­tion Process

“There are many rea­sons why NAPO endorsed Pres­i­dent Trump in the last elec­tion but fore­most is the state of law and order in our great nation. Amer­i­ca faces a crim­i­nal jus­tice cri­sis, crim­i­nal aliens, and gangs like Tren de Aragua have entered our coun­try ille­gal­ly and have com­mit­ted ter­ri­ble crimes against our cit­i­zens,” the let­ter, obtained by the Dai­ly Caller, reads.

SCOOP: The Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Police Orga­ni­za­tions, which rep­re­sents law enforce­ment unions across the coun­try, is endors­ing Gov. Kristi Noem for DHS Sec and call­ing for a quick con­fir­ma­tion process.

A source famil­iar with the endorse­ment tells @dailycaller this is apart of… pic.twitter.com/H2QML9sk1V

— Rea­gan Reese (@reaganreese_) Decem­ber 6, 2024

“NAPO sup­ports Pres­i­dent Trump’s nom­i­na­tion of Kristi Noem for Sec­re­tary of Home­land Secu­ri­ty. Gov­er­nor Noem has a proven record of sup­port­ing the men and women of law enforce­ment and mak­ing the rule of law a pri­or­i­ty,” the let­ter con­tin­ues.

The NAPO’s endorse­ment of Noem fol­lows anoth­er major back­ing from the Nation­al Fra­ter­nal Order of Police.

A per­son famil­iar with the NAPO’s deci­sion to endorse Noem told the Caller that this is the lat­est of a series of major law enforce­ment groups that sup­port her nom­i­na­tion.

If con­firmed as DHS sec­re­tary, Noem will be in charge of Immi­gra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment (ICE), U.S. Cit­i­zen­ship and Immi­gra­tion Ser­vices, Cus­toms and Bor­der Pro­tec­tion (CBP) and oth­er agen­cies that are tasked with han­dling the Unit­ed States’ bor­der. Trump has made bor­der secu­ri­ty a key cor­ner­stone of his cam­paign, promis­ing a mas­sive depor­ta­tion pro­gram and to crack­down on ille­gal immi­gra­tion.

When Noem was in Con­gress, she backed then-Pres­i­dent Trump’s trav­el ban on refugees from coun­tries with a his­to­ry of ter­ror­ism. She promised that as gov­er­nor of South Dako­ta she would not be allow­ing refugees let into the coun­try under the Biden-Har­ris admin­is­tra­tion into her state. Noem also told Repub­li­can Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that her state could send over razor wire to help his state secure the south­ern bor­der. (RELATED: Migrant Caught Cut­ting Bor­der Wire To Lead Dozens Over Before Being Stopped By Nation­al Guard, Video Shows)

Along­side Noem, Trump has tapped sev­er­al key offi­cials to help tack­le the bor­der cri­sis. For­mer ICE act­ing Direc­tor Tom Homan will serve as “bor­der czar” and Stephen Miller will be the president-elect’s deputy chief of staff for pol­i­cy. On Thurs­day, Trump tapped Caleb Vitel­lo to lead ICE and Rod­ney Scott to lead CBP.