Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday awarded $10,000 bonuses to TSA agents who stayed on duty during the 43-day government shutdown.

The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.

The Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee, which met at the Capitol in Pierre, endorsed draft legislation that would take a pool of economic development money known as the Future Fund out of the governor’s exclusive control.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference in Houston, Texas to highlight the work of Transportation Security Administration agents during the government shutdown.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem boasted on Wednesday about a record-breaking number of foreigners gaining American citizenship. President Donald Trump

The secretary for Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, awarded $10,000 checks to Transportation Security Administration workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown.

The homeland security secretary said the Trump administration has made progress in speeding up green card and visa processing.

Over 200,000 Americans apply to become ICE agents as DHS launches major hiring campaign amid Trump's deportation efforts and immigration enforcement surge.