U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who became best known for def...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who became best known for defending President Donald Trump’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents, said on Sunday she was leaving her position effective immediately.
In another tweet, Trump said Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, would become acting DHS secretary. Nielsen’s departure was announced two days after the Republican president abruptly said on Friday he was dumping his own nominee to be the top officials at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , Ronald Vitiello, saying he wanted someone “tougher.”Repeatedly subjected to tough questioning by Democrats at congressional hearings, Nielsen became a lightning rod for criticism of Trump’s policies. She was confronted by protesters last year at a Mexican restaurant in Washington.
Trump insists that the arrival of immigrants across the southern U.S. border constitutes a national emergency so important that he sidestepped Congress’ refusal to provide him with several billion dollars he requested to build the border wall. The Trump administration adopted the policy of separating migrant children from their parents early last year as part of its “zero tolerance” approach to illegal immigration, intended to deter families from leaving home in the hope of entering the United States.
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