Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen offers Trump her resignation in Sunday evening meeting
Daily Mail,
by
Emily Goodin
Original Article
Posted By: Lucky5,
4/7/2019 6:54:08 PM
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen met with President Donald Trump Sunday evening and submitted her resignation. Nielsen´s tenure at Homeland has been marked by an up-and-down relationship with the president, who has railed against the flood of immigrants coming across the border. CBS News reported the news of her resignation. She was reported to be meeting with the president in the residence after he finished playing golf. Her departure is a part of a massive overhaul engineered by top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, an anti-immigration hardliner who was the architect of the president´s travel ban, a senior U.S.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Noj15 4/7/2019 7:01:31 PM (No. 26656)
KAG.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MFM 4/7/2019 7:16:01 PM (No. 26658)
Good move..
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Moritz55 4/7/2019 7:18:24 PM (No. 26622)
Good woman. Maybe not the right spot for her.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
watashiyo 4/7/2019 7:19:41 PM (No. 26648)
I guess it´s all about performance and results.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/7/2019 7:31:20 PM (No. 26638)
It was time for this change. We need a Secretary that acts to protect our country, rather than setting up nurseries and border patrol chauffering programs.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ramona 4/7/2019 7:40:41 PM (No. 26610)
I give her enormous credit for her handling of the demons at congressional hearings. I hope she has a happy landing, wherever life takes her.
Ramona (the Pest)
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We need some toxic masculinity for this job.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Muguy 4/7/2019 7:51:23 PM (No. 26634)
At some point, she had to be frustrated trying to defend her tough-talking boss taking the slings of arrows directed at her to later find out she had the rig pulled out from under her when media and political pressure from the back stabbing RINOcrats forced her to have to then defend things when the trial balloons were backed away from.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/7/2019 8:00:20 PM (No. 26627)
Kevin McAleenan (Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection) will now be Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/7/2019 8:02:17 PM (No. 26631)
Re #3, yes. It is possible for a good person to be miscast and end up in the wrong job...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
panther361 4/7/2019 8:03:13 PM (No. 26650)
I still maintain having a businessman, a successful one, and not another politician is what is needed at this time. Results not rhetoric.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 4/7/2019 8:06:40 PM (No. 26645)
She should have been gone two years ago.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 4/7/2019 8:10:22 PM (No. 26617)
Trump has made some very bad appointments - -
- - and this was one of the worst.
Inept and clueless doesn´t make for a competent DHS leader. Let´s hope he´s smarter next time.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
fayebeck 4/7/2019 8:26:33 PM (No. 26637)
What´s a Secretary supposed to think and do when the President says he is going to shut the border down next week and two days later it one year. And SHE´S the one who is not tough enough. I have long thought that a wall will never be built and nothing will be done to stop this invasion. The wall will never be completed to end the invasion and America does not have the stomach to do anything serious. Now let´s wait for the derogatory tweets from the President. And her appearances on CNN and PMSNBC.
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I s´pose this is necessary, but wasn´t she a hate object for liberals?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
curious1 4/7/2019 8:40:15 PM (No. 26642)
Maybe one of the generals ousted by Obola would be a good pick, told to defend the nation, similar to Eisenhower´s pick in the 50s.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Jerseyden 4/7/2019 8:45:45 PM (No. 26623)
This is another strike on Trump. Every other day he changes his mind and until he gets congress to pass laws or uses executive action no one can handle the border.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
HPmatt 4/7/2019 8:50:08 PM (No. 26611)
Did she have fun in Europe while back home her Dept released 30,000 illegals onto US streets? PDJT - please get a hard nosed, savvy, smart person to get the job done, secure the border, destroy the cartels moneymaker, thwart the Multinational USCofC sellouts, screw the democrats, stick it to Me ici, and relish the challenge. We need a devious, smart, ruthless, vindictive inspired genius to Get’er Done!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
john56 4/7/2019 8:54:38 PM (No. 26652)
Pardon Flynn and give him the job. (Probably not a good idea, but I wouldn´t mind if he did).
At least Trump is willing to cut his losses and move on.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Janylou 4/7/2019 8:55:57 PM (No. 26657)
Homeland now needs to come down hard on businesses and deport in masses. If illegals think the jobs are drying up, they will stop coming.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Rolltide 4/7/2019 8:57:50 PM (No. 26655)
I think she has been in a no win situation. She has made mistakes but what a massive job with the most vocal against her. We need a big man who is intimidated by no one and ready to enforce the law and support all those who put their lives on the line every day.
Also, point out over and over that Obama was the one who put children cages. I’m so tired of Trump getting the blame for that liberal mantra. Good luck and thank you to Kirsten Nielsen
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/7/2019 9:01:44 PM (No. 26643)
I wonder how many of the incoming masses are really looking for jobs. Maybe they are looking for gangs. Those who only look-the-part are coming to join back up with their terror cells.
The DHS secretariat calls for someone familiar with police procedures and the US Code on those laws.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Locarno 4/7/2019 9:08:11 PM (No. 26659)
#21 has a good point. The next incoming Sec will be constrained by the same laws and loopholes Nielsen was. We can´t solve the problem until the Congress gets off its rear-end and actually tackles the problem head-on. The new person may be more adept at the job, but the results will sadly be the same.
Oh, and DailyMail, who gives a cr*p what Shumer has to say about it? Stick to the facts and leave the lying weasels who created the problem out of article.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Harlowe 4/7/2019 9:17:46 PM (No. 26651)
Does anyone wonder, or is it known, with specificity, exactly, precisely, what these “immigrants” are being told that entices them to leave their native countries, with very little personal effects, if any, and allegedly walking thousands of miles to get into this country? What is motivating these hordes of people to set out on such a journey with no guarantee they will be permitted into this country? Why are they setting out on such a distant, uncertain journey? Is it really that they are so impoverished in their own countries, so in danger because of their governments and/or drug cartels? Was the invasion of Europe by Muslims a “test run” to see how effective, how successful such a game plan would be? For what purpose? To overwhelm President Trump? To destroy this country as founded? Who is really behind it?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Vincent Vega 4/7/2019 9:24:51 PM (No. 26649)
Put Sheriff Joe Arpaio on it. He´ll secure the border.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 4/7/2019 9:28:27 PM (No. 26612)
After 8 years of Obama, our immigration policy practically allows in anyone. That is the only answer to explain why so many people from the migrant caravans are making it into our country. DHS is supposed to enforce our law, and Kirstjen was in an unwinnable situation. Trump has tried to change the law, but Congress won´t do it, and any executive orders are blocked by the courts. Can see a scenario where we will have a wall, but it won´t really matter because anyone ´knocking on the door´ will be allowed in.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
judy 4/7/2019 9:34:01 PM (No. 26640)
General Kelly’s recommendation... Wrong choice...
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
legalart 4/7/2019 9:35:23 PM (No. 26618)
I really doesn´t matter, who t h e ...... cares what these people think or what they are told? What is important is what they are doing. Corrupt govts in Central & So. America have cartels that run this kind of thing; coyotes are paid; nasty/crooked politicos are paid; and so the conga line of people becomes endless. There are many reasons why the caravaners keep moving; they are not poor little souls, they know exactly what they´re doing, and they know that if the wall goes up, they won´t have a chance anymore.
You gotta listen to them in their own language (try Miami radio) to find out really what they are told and how they get the means to go on the road for weeks.
As for Nielsen, I agree she´s top notch material in the wrong place. You can blame Congress all you want, but the fact is that she didn´t really strive to enforce the laws ALREADY on the books to prevent the invasion. Get someone with military experience who can whip the situation into shape, at least enough to control it. She looks as overwhelmed by the problem as her agents, and her office is not on the border; it´s not fair to those who put their hide on the line. I wanted her to quite months ago. Yes, toxic masculinity is the answer.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
coldoc 4/7/2019 10:11:38 PM (No. 26620)
I love PDJT and think history will prove him the best president ever, but he must be tough to stay in step with. The guy is all over the map. I´d say a bit of a flake, but that has become quite the pejorative.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
rochow 4/7/2019 10:13:03 PM (No. 26625)
Not a minute too soon. Totally out of her water. Did not cover the fact that she is not a leader, just an incompetent who did not know how to handle the situation.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Lonestar Jack 4/7/2019 10:25:08 PM (No. 26654)
Where is the CIA in finding out who is organizing the caravans? The only way to stop them is cutting off the money and the organizers.
Time to be ruthless and treat it as a war which it is.
Unfortunately Kirstjen isn´t the one for this task.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 4/7/2019 10:31:36 PM (No. 26630)
Can´t wait for her tell all novel/book/screed. Pathetic. We have always needed a brave border security leader. It was not her, even if she was an enemy of the radical left.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Spyder 4/7/2019 10:44:42 PM (No. 26639)
About time .... KAG
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/7/2019 11:00:16 PM (No. 26635)
Re #24, I have read that they are told that - as asylum seekers - they may receive 3 year work permits, and other perqs. We take them in and take care of them. They also were told in the Obama era that bringing a child would grease their way in - we know that that is because of the Flores decision on the detention of persons with children. Time limit.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Safari Man 4/7/2019 11:22:21 PM (No. 26646)
Bring back Tom Homan
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/7/2019 11:24:41 PM (No. 26614)
Now maybe Trump can get back on track here. The last of the Kelly people are now gone. Long may Stephen Miller work in a Trump WH.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/8/2019 12:40:39 AM (No. 26619)
Nielsen will land on her feet. Wishing her the best. Perhaps another slot within the administration will come her way.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
DVC 4/8/2019 1:11:40 AM (No. 26629)
Too bad he didn´t pick Kris Kobach.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Harlowe 4/8/2019 1:39:36 AM (No. 26644)
#26,#28,#31,#35- Thank you. Much appreciated.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Trigger2 4/8/2019 2:11:04 AM (No. 26626)
I suspect she put on a show for PT´s line while on tv, but actually worked in the background to subvert everything PT is trying to do.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
DVC 4/8/2019 2:44:52 AM (No. 26641)
Kobach has pointed out three effective things that could be done without Congress, why was she unable to grasp that, and figure it out?
Kobach should at least be a senior advisor to the new DHS secretary.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/8/2019 9:51:36 AM (No. 26615)
The solutions are clear. Stop the Catch & Release policy and stop releasing the overflow immigrants into our population. Once they fade into the population they can do what they please and never go home.
These people are not job seekers, look at the number of obese and look at their clothing. When they say they are "looking for a better life" they mean at American Taxpayers expense. They are using children as props and are lying to immigration officials because they have been told what to say.
I agree that it would be financial disaster for many businesses that rely on daily border crossers but who set up the system that way? Close the border to all illegals and check the legitimate workers and students.`Give them chips or ankle bracelets. Make it unpleasant and inconvenient. Like above poster says, we need toxic masculinity and a no-nonsense leader in this job.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
chillijilli 4/8/2019 9:53:12 AM (No. 26653)
Trump´s schtick is to secure an advantage in negotiations by continually changing his mind, which is an effective business style. So I say he should suddenly change course--- ignore the WALL and focus his attention on the OTHER 50% of the problem---VISA STAYERS. He should immediately order all US Consulates to discontinue issuing any more $55 Shopper or Family Visit Visas. The visa holders who were about to enter this country LEGALLY on these cheap visas with the promise that they´ll return to their home country in 72 hours would be blocked.
THEY are the REAL problem because they come here LEGALLY on LEGAL visas, fan out across America with the help of large networks, and STAY here ILLEGALLY. They are NOT poor desperate tunnel-digging peons looking for an anonymous ranch-hand´s job; they are savvy liars who come here with the intent to rip off the system. THEY are the strain on our infrastructure. And they represent a full 50% of the problem.
Those of us who live with this problem daily are beyond frustrated that the media has managed to convince most Americans that "illegals" are solely poverty-stricken, pathetic unfortunates when in fact 50% of them are coming here well-off and LEGALLY---with the specific intent to rip off the system. Stop THEM and you´ve stopped the other 50% of the problem!
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
gone2pot 4/8/2019 9:56:22 AM (No. 26628)
EVERY person inside 495 with a window office IS the swamp, period, end of conversation. Sadly, PDT must go to the Swamp Store, the ONLY store in DC, to get employees. He needs people who have not only paid their own light bill all of their lives but have also been successful quickly figuring out solutions while understanding specific systems then building, making, creating, employing people like he has for many years. It is EXTREMELY difficult to find and hire people like that, so he is sort of stuck with the worthless, feckless Swamp Supply Store when he hires the "experienced" 495 worthless bureaucrats that fret and strut inside the Beltway. It would be nice if there was a way for PDT to find good people who can do a job and do it well. Literally no one within a fifty mile radius of DC is that person.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Rama41 4/8/2019 10:03:30 AM (No. 26633)
I´m sorry to see so many LDotters slamming her personally. This is an impossible job, burdened by court decisions favoring illegals, anti-border democrats, and a president who changes his mind day to day. Thanks, Kirstjen, for your service.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Jebediah 4/8/2019 10:07:42 AM (No. 26660)
Why do I have the feeling that Trump fired Nielsen after listening to Lou Dobbs berate her on t.v? I agree that she made no progress, but how can ANYONE with the Dems acting the way they have. What I wish is that a "disinterested" 3rd party would get up there and constantly remind the population about our horrendous drug problem, hitting us all and directly tied to the border, the barbarity of MS13, and the total unfairness of people waiting in line for multi years and spending a fortune to become legitimate citizens while everyone else jumps the line. The Dem candidates don´t get this, PELOSI doesn´t get it, and most of all, the Press IGNORES it. But the citizenry sees it and a loud barrage via the Press that WILL show it MUST be made. Poor Nielsen........she did all she could but what can anyone do?
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
starboard 4/8/2019 10:11:11 AM (No. 26636)
President Trump should pick a person with a strong management track record. No Ivy league types or future politicians. Someone that can take charge and lead under pressure. From what I´ve heard so far, Kevin McAleenan, the person he has appointed as acting DHS could be that person.
We shall see.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
caddyjak 4/8/2019 10:13:48 AM (No. 26613)
Demos are traitors to the legal citizens of the U.S. A few simple sentences in our laws could change everything and protect the Country. This must be made clear to our dum-dum people. Trump can do it himself. He is the only one we can trust.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
winnie1 4/8/2019 10:45:51 AM (No. 26632)
All we hear from female Democrats and journalists is how great women are. Then why the HELL are they ripping apart Kirstjen Nielsen?
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BUILD the Wall!
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
DVC 4/8/2019 3:20:03 PM (No. 26647)
Sorry, #47, results count. I am entirely uninterested in excuses. Failure is failure, and she didn´t even look like she was serious, ever.
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