Civic Register
| 4.7.19
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns
How do you feel about Nielsen's exit?
What's the story?
- President Donald Trump has announced Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving the administration.
"Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service," Trump said on Twitter.
- Nielsen's departure comes amid a massive influx of unauthorized immigrants across the southern border. The White House has been increasingly vexed about the swell, and when Trump visited the border crossing at Calexico, CA, on Friday, he lamented:
"It's a colossal surge and it's overwhelming our immigration system, and we can't let that happen. So, as I say, and this is our new statement: The system is full. Can't take you anymore... Our country is full."
- The Associated Press cites two sources as saying that Nielsen had no intention to resign when she visited the White House on Sunday, but had planned to discuss Trump's recent trip to the border. The sources told the AP that Nielsen had "been frustrated by difficulty getting other departments to help with the growing number of families coming crossing the border."
- Nielsen's abrupt departure comes days after Trump suddenly withdrew the nomination of Ron Vitiello for Immigration and Customs Enforcement director to go with someone "tougher."
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
—Josh Herman
(Photo Credit: Department of Homeland Security)
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