Outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary
Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters Monday afternoon she is still supportive of
President Trump's border policies despite submitting her resignation over the
weekend.
"I share the President’s goal of securing the
border. I will continue to support all efforts to address the humanitarian and
security crisis on the border," Nielsen said.
Nielsen submitted her resignation to President Trump at
the White House on Sunday afternoon. Trump announced her resignation on
Twitter.
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Secretary of Homeland
Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to
thank her for her service. I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the
current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting
Secretary for @DHSgov. I have
confidence that Kevin will do a great job!
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During an interview with Fox News Monday morning, Deputy
White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley slammed the media's focus on the
palace intrigue surrounding Nielsen's departure.
“I do find it kind of interesting that the media is so
focused on what happened behind the scenes with the resignation of Secretary
Nielsen instead of worrying about what’s actually happening at the border. We
have a crisis down there, an emergency and the media refuses to focus on that
but instead wants to talk about palace intrigue,” Gidley said.
"We’ve got
to address what's going on at the border. We were down there. It was amazing to
look into the faces of those affected by this crisis directly, hear their
stories, their heartbreak of assaults and deaths not to mention the fact that
drugs that are pouring across the border. President Trump predicted this, he
said this would happen.”
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