US Homeland Security chief Nielsen resigns

By THE MANILA TIMES

Apr 08, 2019 8:29 am

Kirstjen Nielsen, pictured in October 2017, listens as US President Donald Trump nominates her as US Secretary of Homeland Security. AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON, D.C.: US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the front-line defender of the administration's controversial immigration policies, announced her resignation Sunday, in a move linked by observers to the president's anger over Central American border crossers.

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