White House says changes to the 'bureaucracy' at DHS are ongoing, but won't include 'subordinate staffers'
President Donald Trump's ongoing leadership shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security is aimed squarely at the agency's"bureaucracy," a senior administration official said Tuesday, and not on lower level staffers.
In the past five days, Trump has fired Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, told U.S. Secret Service director Tex Alles to resign, and withdrawn his nomination of Ron Vitiello to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Likewise, the senior White House official said the departures from DHS were aimed at creating the right environment for a much-needed update to the department's approach to immigration policy, setting aside Obama-era practices and embracing Trump's more hardline policies.
"I don't want to disparage Kirstjen Nielsen at all" the official said, but added that"no one is more frustrated than Kevin by the fact that the policy changes haven't been made." This official would not comment on NBC's reporting that the White House wants border patrol agents specifically to do the screening instead of asylum officers. The officials also dodged questions about whether the president was considering any policies that would lead to renewed family separations, instead pointing reporters back to the president's comments in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
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