“She is alert and recovering,” said the statement from department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, who said the hospital treatment was out of an “abundance of caution.” Noem, 53, heads a sprawling department with roughly 260,000 employees handling immigration enforcement, airport security, disaster response and other matters.

President Donald Trump is easing off enforcement of immigration law. President Donald Trump is sharply escalating enforcement of immigration law. Which version you experience will largely depend on whether you and the people around you support or oppose him.

Interviews with more than four dozen people in this swing region north of Los Angeles show that tactics matter quite a bit in the immigration debate.