Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving bilateral security meetings with European officials early -- and bowing out of the G7 Interior Ministers' Meeting in Paris -- to continue managing the situation at the southern border, a DHS official says
Nielsen was in London on Monday for meetings with officials and was planning to head to Sweden on Wednesday for more bilateral meetings ahead of the G7 meeting in Paris at the end of the week.First on CNN: Stephen Miller tells surrogates Trump hasn't yet decided to shut down the border, says it depends on coming daysThe decision comes as President Donald Trump weighs shutting down the southern border.
White House adviser Stephen Miller told top surrogates on Monday the plan is to see how much progress is made in the coming days.The official, who was speaking on background, said Nielsen left her European trip early because she wants to personally oversee certain aspects of the department's response to the border situation.
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