Kirstjen Nielsen became the face of the Trump administration’s family separation border policy.
Nielsen has played a major role in implementing the administration’s key policy priority: immigration enforcement. In his announcement naming her the DHS nominee, President Donald Trump called Nielsen “tremendously qualified.”
These efforts appeared to win Trump's approval for a period of time following reports in the fall of her impending departure. It appears those moves were not enough to keep her on strong footing with Trump in the end. Nielsen shot back: “I find that offensive. No. Because why would I ever create a policy that ever does that.” When the reporter asked if it was perhaps a deterrence, Nielsen said “No.” The day before, Nielsen tweeted that the administration did not have a policy of separating families at the border.
several times. Nielsen worked under Kelly as his chief of staff when Kelly was DHS secretary, and then became his deputy at the White House before being named his replacement at DHS.
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