without ever mentions his name. the former president said he might step into the debate if he felt the trump administration policy conflicted with american ideals. now a spokesman says mr. obama fundamentally disagree was the notion of discriminating against faith or religion. president trump denies it is a ban against muslims. president obama says he is disheartenied by the level of engagement taking place. he expects to see protests when american values are at stake. another personnel move to address a campaign priority. a new acting director of immigration and customs enforcement. department veteran thomas homan replaces the acting director daniel ragsdale. ragsdale keeps the job of deputy director. a dramatic 12 hours and more
are these two issues related? did daniel ragsdale get pushed out of ice on the basis of some sort of policy dispute with with the new administration? was this routine and it happened at a odd time that seemed coincident. daniel ragsdale served as the acting head of ice since trump was inaugurated but tonight he has been replaced. a short time ago we got this tweet from reporter it says contrary to reporting detail daniel ragsdale has been deputy director for more than four years and remains deputy director. what does that mean? was he never acting director? was he promoted and then demoted? what is the impetus for any of this the you have and how do we follow this when we don t know who to believe. christina joins us now. thanks for coming on the show to help us understand this. i appreciate it. thanks for having me. it is confusing at this
customs enforcement. the firing of the acting attorney general was related to an executive order on immigration issues. are they related? did daniel get pushed out of i.c.e on the basis of a policy dispute with the new administration? was this routine and it just happened at an odd time that seemed koins dcoincidental? daniel has served as acting head of i.c.e. since trump was inaugurated, but tonight he was replaced. we got this tweet from i.c.e. contrary to reporting, daniel ragsdale has been i.c.e. dep tip director for more than four years and remains deputy director. so what exactly does that mean? was he never acting director? was he promoted and then demoted? how do e we follow this when we re not sure who to believe? joining us is the white house reporter if for the huffington post and she s been covering this story all evening. thank you for coming on the show
point. can you tell us who daniel ragsdale is what just happened to him? certainly, daniel ragsdale is now the former acting director of ice. he was the acting director for exactly ten days from the 20th to now, from trump s inauguration. and as a civil servant. he wouldn t have been fired. he was simply demoted. and he was replaced with a mon named thomas hoe homan who was until now the chief enforcement officer at ice. detentions and deportations. sorry to interrupt you there. so was this does this mean that, you know, thomas homan is now going to serve in the job for ten days and they have got some other person in mind? is this an unexplained musical chairs thing or does this mean thomas homan is the choice of trump administration to be the new head of ice. from what i understand homan
enforcement. daniel ragsdale was replaced by thomas homan. he has been in ice and removal operations since 2013. there was no immediate reason given for the change, but the homeland security secretary john kelly said, i am confident that homan will continue to serve as a strong, effective leader for the men and women of ice. homeland security said late last night that daniel ragsdale returns to his full-time position as deputy director. and now to the decision to give white house chief strategist steve bannon a seat on the principle s committee. the former nsa director michael hayden expressed concern saying the move seems to put ideology over the expertise of the director of the national security and the joint chiefs chairman. and former obama senior adviser david axelrod is weighing in saying, he woke up