Trump denied on Tuesday that he is “cleaning house” at the Department of Homeland Security
. But on Wednesday, the White House was eyeing a replacement for a senior DHS official whose job congressional Republicans are trying to save.The president has also said he has no plans to renew the administration’s highly controversial migrant child separation policy — even as officials throughout the administration weigh a plan to make arrested border-crossers choose whether to “voluntarily” separate from their kids.
As the president faces blowback from his slow-motion decapitation of the Department of Homeland Security, Trump is presenting two public faces on immigration. He is offering rhetoric that undersells the dramatic moves underway in his administration to curb illegal immigration and deter asylum seekers from entering the country.
The two versions of Trump reflect an argument among his advisers that is partly about policy and partly about Trump’s 2020 reelection prospects. Some people close to Trump believe that he can achieve results, and maintain the support of his base, only by being a relentless battering ram on immigration.
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