Kristjen Nielsen Resigns

WASHINGTON – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned Sunday.
CBS News was first to report that Nielsen was meeting with President Trump at 5 p.m. and was expected to resign. The Associated Press reported that Nielsen thought she might be fired, but ultimately turned in her resignation. She had become frustrated with the increased meddling from some of the president’s aides and lack of support from other departments.
The president tweeted confirmation that she was departing.

The president soon tweeted that she was out.
“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 of @DHSgov,” Trump tweeted Sunday evening. “I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!”

In her resignation letter, obtained by CNN, she wrote that it was “the right time to step aside.”
“I hope that the next Secretary will have the support of Congress and the courts in fixing the laws which have impeded our ability to fully secure America’s borders and which have contributed to discord in our nation’s discourse,” she said.
“Our country and the men and women of DHS deserve to have all the tools and resources they need to execute the mission entrusted in them. I can say with confidence our homeland is safer today than when I joined the Administration,” she added.

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