Nielsen
out @DHS: Probably Stephen Miller’s dirty work
(Sanders not look of love says it all)
BREAKING
& GREAT NEWS (from CBS News):
DHS Secretary Kirstjen
Nielsen Resigning
So, what or more importantly, who, is behind this?
Her departure is
most likely a sustained effort on the part the DHS overhaul engineering
campaign directed by top Trump adviser Stephen Miller – that according to a
senior U.S. official. It's unclear whether Nielsen is deciding to leave
voluntarily, or whether she has been pressured to resign.
Boy that was rough but needed — who’s next???
Her controversial background: Nielsen became known for
her vigorous defense of the “zero tolerance policy resulting in
family separations at the border, blaming Congress for a loophole in the laws
that needs to be fixed.”
Nielsen claimed to reporters in a White House briefing last year that the administration was: “Merely
continuing a policy from previous administrations that mandated separating a
child who is in danger, there is no custodial relationship between 'family'
members, or if the adult has broken the law. As long as illegal entry remains a criminal offense, DHS will not look
the other way.”
(My hunch: So,
based on her history, comments, and Trump’s tweets, it is more likely that Trump
asked (or told) Nielsen to resign).
As far as Miller, he is a descendant of refugees who came to the United States fleeing life
in Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century.
Miller’s declaration of
ultra-extreme nativism is well known, thus seeing him as chief architect of Trump’s
ongoing assault on immigration as a whole makes sense. Miller has worked to cripple legal immigration into into the U.S. — and, were he around in 1903
with this policy, his own ancestors who fled pogroms in Eastern
Europe would most likely have been shipped back to Russia and denied entry.
My 2
cents: Her leaving
under any cloud was long expected. As they say: “Good riddance to bad rubbish” – so who’s next?
We shall see.
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