'Despite our progress in reforming homeland security for a new age, I have determined that it is the right time for me to step aside.'
Nielsen will stay until April 10 "to assist with an orderly transition and ensure that key DHS missions are not impacted," she stated on Twitter.
On her way back to Washington, D.C., from the border Friday, Nielsen called Trump asking to meet over the weekend about a path forward with regard to the border, a source close to Nielsen told ABC News. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen greets a member of the Border Patrol at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Facility in Harpers Ferry, W.V., March 13, 2019.
At the helm of DHS, Nielsen was a major player in implementing the administration’s highly controversial “zero-tolerance” policy that resulted in the separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents during the summer of 2018.
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