object, the central piece around which donald trump has build his immigration agenda. right? it was the thing that he whipped up his crowds during the campaign. it s the thing that sort of stands as the totem of everything he wants to do keeping people out the lack of experience and knowledge, immigration is a top i think where people in washington have been dealing with this. there are people who are experts for decades on kind of trying to break through the immigration gridlock. jared kushner is not one of them. the fact that he was sort of deputized to go over to congress and figure out this border wall funding mess, i think what he realized in that meeting was that it s a lot more complicated and that the focus on the wall had really diverted the attention away from the real solution. is there a feeling inside the
migrants. he was told that s illegal. he wanted them to shoot them in the legs to slow them down. that s not allowed either. kirstjien nielsen and jared kushner eventually persuaded the president to extend his shutdown of the border until friday. he then banned the idea and instead imposed tariffs on mexico. even though he has operational control, he does not have control of his public face of the didn t. he admits it has become a powerful tool for a partisan immigration agenda. mcaleenan told the washington post what i don t have control over is the tone, the message, the public face, and approach of the department in an increasingly polarized time.
only be talking about one party and that s the republican party and president trump who appointed him to that job. that s right. you got to remember he was u.s. custom border protection for many years before this. he very much wants to maintain the image and public phase of dhs and immigration more broadly as a neutral law enforcement body. that s very much add odds with the way with the kind of moment we are in in familiar and in a way that the white house and the trump administration want to promote their immigration agenda. the census that anyone who wants to not be partisan and runs the
with abc news where she referenced the child separation policy being a low point in the administration. i wonder where ivanka trump s first daughter senior advisor to president trump feel now since it has been brought up again. he was the custom and border protection chief at the time. in a new interview. he expressed among other things of his frustration that his own department is being used for a partisan immigration agenda. he maintains operational control of the dhs and told the washington post what i don t have control over is the tone, the message and the public faith and approach the department in a polarized time. that s uncomfortable. joining me now is author of that piece, nick. if he s concerned he can
special investigation. trump has allegedly dangled pardons for officials who might break the law in carrying out his immigration agenda. he has repeatedly lambasted the investigative agencies or even worse, pressured them to investigate his political opponents. he has ignored congressional subpoenas and refused to turn over documents. trump is a particularly egregious example, but his misbehavior fits a global trend. after all, boris johnson engaged in a political maneuver suspending parliament that brittain s supreme court unanimously ruled was unlawful. india s norendra modi have terrified his minorities and ee roses the secular culture. duterte has done the same. they have managed to change the constitution to assist in one party or one man rule.