According to her spokesman, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited a hospital Tuesday following an allergic reaction.
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The hospital treatment was out of a "abundance of caution," said the statement from department spokesman Tricia McLaughlin, who also mentioned she is alert and recovering.
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Head of a vast department with almost 260,000 staff handling immigration enforcement, airport security, disaster response, and other issues is 53 Noem.
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Travelling extensively and keeping a strong social media presence, she has been among the most well-publicized members of President Donald Trump's cabinet.
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Often the public face of his mass deportation campaign, she regularly travels on immigration enforcement operations and has starred in commercials urging illegal immigrants in the United States to kindly leave the country.
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Last week, she convened a press conference in California where California Democrat U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was taken against will while attempting to discuss immigration operations with Noem.