Noem, head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, leads the offensive against illegal immigration in her country
In addition to her meeting with Milei, whom she met during a visit by the Argentine president to Mar-a-Lago to receive an award, the U.S. official will also meet with Patricia Bullrich. The Minister of Homeland Security had planned to visit her this year in the U.S. but had to postpone the trip after the death of Pope Francis and the subsequent transfer of the presidential delegation to the Vatican to pay tribute.
During the meeting, Bullrich will seek to learn more about the immigration and border control policies that Noem implemented in the United States, since both administrations agree on the need to strengthen security at territorial borders.
Kristi Noem has an extensive political career: she was a state legislator in South Dakota between 2007 and 2011, represented her state in the House of Representatives between 2011 and 2019, and in that same year assumed the governorship. Since January 25, 2025, she has led the Department of Homeland Security, with a firm and uncompromising stance against illegal immigration.
Her visit adds to the list of Trump administration figures who have arrived in Argentina so far this year. In April, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the head of the U.S. Southern Command, Alvin Holsey, were in the country. In May, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr also arrived.
This Sunday, Kristi Noem, head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, a key figure within Donald Trump's administration, will arrive in Argentina. During her stay, Noem will hold meetings with President Javier Milei and with the Minister of Homeland Security, Patricia Bullrich.
Noem leads the offensive against illegal immigration in her country, overseeing policies for the control, identification, and deportation of foreigners in irregular immigration status, an essential axis of Trump's administration. These actions are carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
On her social media, the official often highlights her firm stance against illegal immigration. On her X profile, she has pinned a post from February of this year where she announces "a multimillion-dollar national and international advertising campaign warning undocumented immigrants" to leave her country immediately, "or face deportation and the impossibility of returning to the United States."
"This serves as a strong warning to criminal undocumented immigrants not to come to the United States. If they do, they will be pursued and deported. Thank you, Donald Trump, for securing our border and putting the United States first," concludes that post by Noem, the current head of U.S. internal security. Noem is expected to be in Argentine territory between Sunday, July 27, and Tuesday, July 29.
