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Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as DHS Secretary in Midst of Border Surge [Lady Daca]
Breitbart ^ | 4/7/2019 | John Binder

Posted on 04/07/2019 5:02:55 PM PDT by conservative98

Nielsen’s resignation as DHS secretary comes amid a surge of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and an expanded Catch and Release policy that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has been tasked with carrying out.

During Nielsen’s tenure as DHS secretary, illegal immigration has increased nearly every month over the last year and a half. Simultaneously, the Trump administration has yet to construct a border wall on new land at the southern border that did not previously have barriers built by the Bush and Obama administrations.

Most recently, officials with the National ICE Council accused Nielsen of “grossly” mismanaging DHS and failing to acknowledge that the agency had been operating an expanded Catch and Release policy for border crossers and illegal aliens for months.

As Breitbart News chronicled, Nielsen previously served in the Bush administration overseeing a crisis team following the destruction of New Orleans, Louisiana, by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Bush administration had waved federal regulations to allow an unlimited level of illegal immigration into the Gulf Coast to take low-skill jobs rebuilding the region. Nielsen previously chaired a World Economic Forum committee that authored a report praising mass migration into Europe. For her confirmation process to DHS, Nielsen worked with an assortment of allies that worked vigorously in the 2016 presidential election to oppose Trump, including Frances Townsend and Tom Ridge.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; bush; bushy; dhs; kirstjennielsen; ladaydaca; ladydaca; nevertrumpers; niselsen; openborders; sowehaveheard; trumpdhs
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To: Col Frank Slade

“Too bad Gen Patton is unavailable.”
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“You give me 10 days, I’ll start a war with Mexico and make it look like their fault.”


21 posted on 04/07/2019 5:32:45 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: conservative98

“for those who think she was doing great and couldn’t do any better.”

That would be, like...NOBODY!


22 posted on 04/07/2019 5:33:29 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Somebody on the 2nd thread was mad and defending her.


23 posted on 04/07/2019 5:36:56 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Jim Noble

I see on Twitchy that a CNN anal-ist is speculating from the writing style that Nielsen was the one who penned the “anonymous” anti-Trump editorial in the NYT’s a while back.

Seems possible


24 posted on 04/07/2019 5:37:11 PM PDT by digger48
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To: SharpRightTurn

She was Kelly’s protege and the President let the General make his own decisions regarding DHS. Before Kelly was Chief of Staff, he headed up DHS so it makes sense he would recommend someone to take his place.

The President is now free from the Mueller blockade and we are seeing him shift priorities. It’s good to see the border become priority #1 while healthcare is for next year.

Kelly was gone in late December. It’s now early April and Nielsen is gone. The President has announced there will be a major crackdown on the border.

The real poll #’s are high for POTUS. He has nothing in his way in putting a major focus on the border.

And the Wall is going up with a huge approval backing by the American people.


25 posted on 04/07/2019 5:41:19 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: conservative98

Good idea...abolish DHS...we have a military for security


26 posted on 04/07/2019 5:41:53 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

I’m sure Trump will be guided down to the swamp swimming hole to pick out another Uniparty hack.


27 posted on 04/07/2019 5:43:38 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: Badboo

Re: “The other explanation would be that he has run the absolutely worst Presidential personnel management effort in history. A complete dunce about most of his top hires. It really is one or the other.”

You forgot the third and most obvious explanation....

Trump has never been sincere about enforcing immigration law.


28 posted on 04/07/2019 5:45:06 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: conservative98

Always puzzled me why he appointed her in the first place. I know he had few choices at the start of his Presidency with all of the 0samaYomama holdovers and loyalists, but his choice of her really flummoxed me knowing that she was on record a DACA sympathizer.


29 posted on 04/07/2019 5:50:12 PM PDT by RocketMan1
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To: conservative98

30 posted on 04/07/2019 5:50:42 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: conservative98
Nielsen was a protégé of that other skunk #nevertrump fifth columnist General John Kelly. Turncoat Kelly obstructed the President's agenda at every turn, and it was on his recommendation that Nielsen was put into her DHS position.
 
31 posted on 04/07/2019 5:50:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Badboo

He has to get someone confirmed. Do any of you know how tough that is for Trump in DC?

He may have picks he likes but cannot get RINOs and RATs to confirm them.


32 posted on 04/07/2019 5:51:17 PM PDT by dforest (Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up!)
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To: stanne

Buy her a souvenir coffee mug from the University of North Texas.


33 posted on 04/07/2019 5:52:01 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Kobach would be one of the best permanent choices for DHS (should just dismantle DHS as it is a failed GWB experiment and as all things feral gubmint, has become too big to be effective) since the dude he’s chosen for interim will never make it. Kobach would be a pit bull. He should appoint Sheriff Joe as head of ICE. He’s got a coupla more good years to kick some A.


34 posted on 04/07/2019 5:58:16 PM PDT by RocketMan1
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To: goodnesswins

...we have a military for security
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Apparently they can only protect other country’s borders.


35 posted on 04/07/2019 6:02:18 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: dforest

And therein may lie victory? Call every able bodied male to head south for service.


36 posted on 04/07/2019 6:06:14 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: conservative98

As usual, lesson learned, forgotten and then PAINFULLY relearned...STAY OUT DA BUSHES!


37 posted on 04/07/2019 6:12:53 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: zeestephen
"Besides her public support for DACA Amnesty, Nielsen also hired a Chief of Staff who was a former H-1B lobbyist.

Trump, apparently, had no problem with those decisions - until they became politically inconvenient."


She's been bad news from the beginning. But she's wasn't and isn't the only globalist in the admin. So, why is Trump allowing them in when he has to know they are enemies to the cause?
38 posted on 04/07/2019 6:17:17 PM PDT by softengine
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To: conservative98

I loved her and wish her well - but the bottom line is the bottom line.

Get results, or we need to get someone who will.


39 posted on 04/07/2019 6:22:54 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: conservative98

i saw her on tucker early last week and thought she was an idiot ... i’m guessing trump saw her there too ...


40 posted on 04/07/2019 6:23:54 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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