'We are going to treat it as if we have been hit by a Cat 5 hurricane' DHS Secretary Nielsen convened an emergency conference call with members of Trump's Cabinet Tuesday to discuss migration at the southern border, according to a participant on the call
Department of Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen convened an emergency conference call with members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet Tuesday evening to discuss migration at the southern border, according to a participant on the call.
"We are going to treat it as if we have been hit by a Cat 5 hurricane," Nielsen said on the call, the participant told CNN.There are"900,000 people this year coming without any legal right to stay," she added, the source noted. Nielsen told Cabinet members that Homeland Security is establishing an"emergency operations cell" as is done during a hurricane with daily video teleconferences and operational updates, the source said.
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