CHICAGO (WLS) -- Top officials recently promoted to high-level positions with Department of Homeland Security have confirmed that Chicago will be a target area for the incoming Donald Trump administration next week, ABC News learned on Saturday.

Kristi Noem is Donald Trump’s nominee to become Department of Homeland Security secretary. She became controversial for killing her puppy for misbehaving.

The Trump administration clearly appears on board. They “plan to increase the use of AI surveillance systems along the border,” says N. And Trump is taking off the safety bumpers. Biden signed an Executive Order in 2023, vowing a “safe, secure, and trustworthy” development of AI; Trump has promised to nullify it when he takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security more will sit for a Senate confirmation hearing Friday morning.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of ... End of carousel Outgoing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday credited the administration’s mix of punishments and ...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response times, enforce stricter in-office policies and eliminate political bias in relief efforts during her confirmation hearing.

Kristi Noem testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill during confirmation hearings for her potential position as Secretary of Homeland Security.

Trump supporters love her. But the South Dakota governor will likely be asked about family separation at the border - and the dog she says she shot.

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.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told lawmakers that she intends to end the use of the CBP One on the first day the Trump administration.

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