President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, cruised through a confirmation hearing Friday on Capitol Hill, just three days before the inauguration in Washington.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, isn’t too keen on the department’s whole “thwarting foreign manipulation” thing.

Noem vowed Friday to immediately halt the controversial mobile app that lets migrants register to enter the US.

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Kristi Noem​, Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, took questions from lawmakers on border policies and disaster relief.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security will face her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where illegal immigration is likely to be a top topic.

Noem's role as Homeland Security secretary is expected to be more limited in scope than her predecessors’, sources familiar with the Trump transition tell NBC News.

Noem said she would work Sen. Maggie Hassan to make sure resources are deployed to help with northern border security.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate homeland security committee.

WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Friday that she will be “vigilant and proactive and innovative to protect the homeland” as she carries out President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Ky., delivered his opening statement at the confirmation hearing for Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as the head as the Department of Homeland Security. Paul knocked the department's past of "bureaucratic incompetence" and believed Noem could bring "transparency and accountability.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem during her Senate confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security pledged that she would not politicize FEMA aid depending on the state, and said that she would provide U.