Ex-Aide: Trump told DHS secretary, 'Get your ass to the border' - POLITICO

President Donald Trump personally ordered his secretary of homeland security to head to the border at least half a dozen times, taking her away from her focus on pressing national security matters, according to her former chief of staff. Miles Taylor, who worked in the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, told POLITICO that Trump often ordered former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to leave her post in D.C. and head to the southwest border. ....
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/dhs-kirstjen-nielsen-trump-border-398416

‘Why haven’t you shut down the border?’: inside Trump’s White House

I alone can fix it.” On 21 July 2016, as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Ohio, Donald John Trump spoke more than 4,000 words, but these five would soon become the tenet by which he would lead the nation.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/21/why-havent-you-shut-down-the-border-inside-trumps-white-house

Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War - NYTimes

The Oval Office meeting this past March began, as so many had, with President Trump fuming about migrants. But this time he had a solution. As White House advisers listened astonished, he ordered them to shut down the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico — by noon the next day. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html

Before Trump’s purge at DHS, top officials challenged plan for mass family arrests - The Washington Post

In the weeks before they were ousted last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello challenged a secret White House plan to arrest thousands of parents and children in a blitz operation against migrants in 10 major U.S. cities.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/before-trumps-purge-at-dhs-top-officials-challenged-plan-for-mass-family-arrests/2019/05/13/d7cb91ce-75af-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html

Kirstjen Nielsen’s attempt to suck up to Trump ended badly. It always does. - The Washington Post

“I have determined,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen wrote in her resignation letter Sunday night, “that it is the right time for me to step aside.” And how did she come to this determination?....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kirstjen-nielsens-attempt-to-suck-up-to-trump-ended-badly-it-always-does/2019/04/08/7d982baa-5a38-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html

Trump removes Secret Service director as purge of DHS leadership widens - The Washington Post

President Trump continued to dismantle the leadership of the nation’s top domestic security agency Monday, as the White House announced the imminent removal of U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph D. “Tex” Alles, the latest in a series of head-spinning departures from the Department of Homeland Security.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-removes-secret-service-director-as-purge-of-dhs-leadership-widens/2019/04/08/8bde9912-5a36-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html

Kirstjen Nielsen out and Trump's immigration policies | Pod Save America recording stream

Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett discuss Kirstjen Nielsen leaving the Trump administration, Trump's failures in immigration policy, Trump's use of anti-semitic tropes, Israel's upcoming election, Nancy Pelosi and 2020....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDpeK9ZSCZ8

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving Trump administration amid surge of migrants - The Washington Post

President Trump announced Sunday that Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned as secretary of homeland security, marking the exit of a second top immigration official in a matter of days as the White House continues to grapple with an influx of migrants on the southern border.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/homeland-security-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-leaving-trump-administration-amid-surge-of-migrants/2019/04/07/97d20358-597d-11e9-b8e3-b03311fbbbfe_story.html

WATCH: CNN's Anderson Cooper exposes Secretary Nielsen's half-truths after House hearing - Raw Story

On Wednesday, CNN's Anderson Cooper called out Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during his "Keeping Them Honest" segment. Cooper railed against Nielsen after she failed to adequately answer questions about migrant kids separated at the border before Congress...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/watch-cnns-anderson-cooper-rails-against-kirstjen-nielsen-for-dodging-questions-before-congress/

Top U.S. & World Headlines — March 7, 2019 - YouTube

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Schumer wants answers from Trump on eminent domain at border - The Hill

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) sent a letter this week to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen demanding more information about how the administration plans to use eminent domain against private landowners to build a border wall ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426011-schumer-wants-answers-from-trump-on-eminent-domain-at-border

Despite dozens of fact checks, Kirstjen Nielsen again misstates terrorist-at-the-border data - The Washington Post: Analysis

In an appearance on Sean Hannity's show on Wednesday night, Nielsen agreed there were terrorists crossing the border, which has been debunked into the ground. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/10/despite-dozens-fact-checks-kirstjen-nielsen-again-misstates-terrorist-at-the-border-data/

The Trump administration’s misleading spin on immigration, crime and terrorism - The Washington Post

President Trump and top administration officials say they want a border wall because thousands of criminals and terrorists are stopped or arrested every year by U.S. authorities. But the numbers they are citing in televised remarks and submitting in writing to members of Congress are being spun pretty heavily.

Regular readers know Trump and his advisers often pump up the numbers in support of tougher immigration laws and a border wall. The statistics that caught our attention over the past week are all spun in different ways. Let’s take a look....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/trump-administrations-misleading-spin-immigration-crime-terrorism/

Homeland Security debunks Trump’s outrageous terrorism claims — one day before his primetime address: reports - Raw Story

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday corrected disinformation by President Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. NBC News reported that only six immigrants in the terrorism database where stopped by Customs and Border Patrol along the southern border during the first half of 2018. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/homeland-security-debunks-trumps-outrageous-terrorism-claims-one-day-primetime-address-reports/

Democratic congressman to Trump's DHS secretary: 'I went to the border. This is a disgrace!' - Daily Kos

Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, found herself facing the House Judiciary Committee Thursday. She was scheduled to announce the soon-to-be-litigated Trump policy of forcing asylum seekers to stay in Mexico for an indeterminate amount of time while waiting for a court hearing on their entry into the United States. The appearance before the committee was contentious, possibly because in the past, Nielsen has been something of a liar. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1820556

Surprise, a shameless Kirstjen Nielsen is still making up crap about asylum seekers - Daily Kos

Earlier this week, possibly departing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen blamed asylum seekers for border officials temporarily shutting down some northbound traffic at the San Ysidro, California border crossing—"the busiest land port along the U.S.-Mexico border", USA Today reports—claiming that, "unfortunately, some members of the caravan are purposely causing disruptions at our border ports of entry": ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1814229

The DHS Secretary Said There Was "No Policy Of Separating Families." A Memo Proves There Was - BuzzFeed News

Kristjen Nielsen maintained the administration did not enact a family separation policy, but a memo she signed stated that the "zero tolerance" policy would have that effect. ....
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/immigratiom-homeland-security-family-separation-foia-dhs

Judge orders full restart of DACA program - POLITICO

The judge also threatened to vacate the memo ending DACA if Trump officials could not present an adequate reason for ending it. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/03/daca-trump-administration-court-judge-restart-order-722167

Kirstjen Nielsen Doesn't Think Russia Meddled To Help Trump - YouTube

Kirstjen Nielsen gave answers to questions about Trump's Helsinki meeting and Charlottesville that were similarly worded and similarly bad....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSfgOrpoij8

DSA Says They’re Coming After More Trump Officials After Ruining Kirstjen Nielsen's Dinner - The Daily Beast

Socialists ran Trump's immigration enforcer out of a Mexican restaurant and she won't be the last, they say. 'This administration can't be allowed to enjoy a nice night out.' ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dsa-says-theyre-coming-after-more-trump-officials-after-ruining-kirstjen-nielsens-dinner