there was a father that committed suicide after his child was taken from them. this is not necessary and they need to end it. she has not the courage or the ability to stand up and say, you know what? i have the discretion and i m going to exercise discretion in the right way that is reflective of the values of who we are as americans. she needs to go. whether she says as she repeated to day from the white house podium there is no family separation policy and there s no abuse of the rights of children. is she lying? i have asked these questions. i ve been asking these questions of the secretaries, both she and john kelly and the acting secretary duke since march of last year.
the state department had cleared on the return of these individuals back to honduras. there was no return for them not to be returned. yet acting secretary duke decided to extend another six months their presence in the united states noting they may be removed at the end of that period. at the same time, continuing it for no apparent reason whatsoever. laura: well, they were here and they get this protected status because of what? because of a hurricane? what is it? what is the reason? the reason they received temporary protective status is because of hurricane mitch in 1998. laura: what? yeah. laura: 1998? explain that to me. 1998 is a long time ago. why would you still get protected status in the united states presumably all of these years later and you can return to your homeland? seems that john kelly through the president, president instructing him, okay, this has
the state department had cleared on the return of these individuals back to honduras. there was no return for them not to be returned. yet acting secretary duke decided to extend another six months their presence in the united states noting they may be removed at the end of that period. at the same time, continuing it for no apparent reason whatsoever. laura: well, they were here and they get this protected status because of what? because of a hurricane? what is it? what is the reason? the reason they received temporary protective status is because of hurricane mitch in 1998. laura: what? yeah. laura: 1998? explain that to me. 1998 is a long time ago. why would you still get protected status in the united states presumably all of these years later and you can return to your homeland? seems that john kelly through the president, president instructing him, okay, this has
and both offered any and all help to new york city in this moment. and said they would be 100% available to us in any way going forward. so those calls happened give or take 7:00 yesterday evening. not from the president directly, no. i received no call from the president. i also received a call from the homeland security secretary, acting secretary duke. of the fbi, but basically did we need any other assistance from the federal government. i actually received a phone call from the acting secretary also. a little bit after 8:00. david? [ inaudible question ]
homeland security for two months, which is a record for that position not operating with a permanent secretary. are we going to have an announcement on a choice for permanent secretary within days next week perhaps? and rumors are consistent, he will make elaine duke the permanent secretary. true or false? i m not going to get ahead of any announcement that the president may make about a permanent person. i will say acting secretary duke is very competent, has managed the department well in a tough and trying time given the hurricane season we ve had and certainly have not wanted to make big shifts in leadership during this time. while there s so much going on there, in terms of a timetable, we ll keep you posted when we have an announcement. that s what you just said about secretary duke, the