it was widely known the acting head of u.s. citizenship is thought to be auditioning for this job as dhs secretary. he s much more vocal, much more in line with the president and steven miller s thinking. does not hold back on brags ideas about immigration. he s been in dhs for a long time and served during the obama administration. he s more of an operational man than a policy/politics man. so for a long time i think he saw kuch nelly as someone who wanted his job. the name is footed as an immigration czar before he got this current job. and so mcaleenan has been eyeing the exit. he told chuck todd he would look
extre extreme president wants his immigration policy to be. mcaleenan over saw some of televise of the harshest asylum policies to date where they re told they have to claim asylum in a country like el salvador before the united states where they re forced back across into mexico to wait for court dates in the u.s. it s not that he was someone softer on immigration and is resigning because of that. it seems he really got upset with the messaging and now that he sees that the numbers are going down, this seems liking a safe time to kpet. it could be more extreme than we ve already seen. you say extreme and for those keeping track, kuchineli was considered too extreme and too right wing for the republican senate to confirm him which is
he was not forced out. it was widely known the acting head of u.s. citizenship is thought to be auditioning for this job as dhs secretary. he s much more vocal, much more in line with the president and steven miller s thinking. does not hold back on brash ideas about immigration. he s been in dhs for a long time and served during the obama administration. he s more of an operational man than a policy/politics man. ken cuccinelli is the antithesis of all of that. so for a long time i think he saw cuccinelli as someone who wanted his job. the name is footed as an immigration czar before he got this current job. and so mcaleenan has been eyeing the exit. they said dough maybe co-spend more time with his family.
much. he sent a memo that allowed for children at the border. the policy of summer of 18. mcaleenan oversaw some of the harshest asylum policies to date where they re told they have to claim asylum in a country like el salvador before the united states where they re forced back across into mexico to wait for court dates in the u.s. it s not that he was someone softer on immigration and is resigning because of that. it seems he really got upset with the messaging and now that he sees that the numbers are going down, this seems liking a safe time to get out. the question is, where does cuccinelli take this next? it could be more extreme than we ve already seen. you say extreme and for those keeping track, cuchineli was considered too extreme and too right wing for the republican senate to confirm him which is
while he was not expected to remain in that job. he was he has been acting secretary, homeland security secretary since april. he was not expected to be given the permanent position. a source telling my colleague jake tapper that also this has been in the works for weeks. in fact just last week as you recall, mcaleenan felt like he couldn t run his own department because there were other players within the department who had the president s ear. they would go around him. he felt like he didn t have full control. that was seen to many as a sign he wouldn t be in his position much longer. according to sources tonight, he is leaving on his own terms, turning in the resignation letter to the president. the president just announcing this on twitter moments ago. pamela, thank you very much. next, the chief anchor of fox news says good-bye on the air. completely shocking everybody he works with, not just viewers.