{"id":996,"date":"2018-05-11T12:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=996"},"modified":"2018-05-12T12:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T16:17:59","slug":"homeland-security-secretary-was-close-to-resigning-after-trump-berated-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"Homeland security secretary was close to resigning after Trump berated her"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><span class=\"article-header__byline-author\">By Michael D. Shear\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-header__byline-role\">NEW YORK TIMES \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><time class=\"article-header__pubdate\" datetime=\"2018-05-11 00:19\">MAY 11, 2018<\/time><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"lead-media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lead-media__media imagetargeting\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c.o0bg.com\/rf\/image_960w\/Boston\/2011-2020\/2018\/05\/10\/BostonGlobe.com\/National\/Images\/children-68c89768-53be-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859.jpg?ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width:960px) 800px, 100vw\" srcset=\"\/\/c.o0bg.com\/rf\/image_960w\/Boston\/2011-2020\/2018\/05\/10\/BostonGlobe.com\/National\/Images\/children-68c89768-53be-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859.jpg 960w, \/\/c.o0bg.com\/rf\/image_835w\/Boston\/2011-2020\/2018\/05\/10\/BostonGlobe.com\/National\/Images\/children-68c89768-53be-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859.jpg 835w, \/\/c.o0bg.com\/rf\/image_460w\/Boston\/2011-2020\/2018\/05\/10\/BostonGlobe.com\/National\/Images\/children-68c89768-53be-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859.jpg 460w\" alt=\"\n\" \/><figcaption class=\"lead-media__info\">\n<div class=\"lead-media__credit\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lead-media__caption\"><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Trump berated her Wednesday in front of the entire Cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation\u2019s borders, according to several current and former officials familiar with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen, who is a prot\u00e9g\u00e9e of John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has drafted a resignation letter but has not submitted it, according to two of the people. As the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Nielsen is in charge of the 20,000 border agents who work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s anger toward Nielsen at the Cabinet meeting was part of a lengthy tirade in which the president railed at his entire Cabinet about what he said was their lack of progress toward sealing the country\u2019s borders against unauthorized immigrants, according to one person who was present at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said Thursday that \u201cthe president is committed to fixing our broken immigration system and our porous borders. We are a country of laws and the president and his administration will enforce them.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter \" data-exact-target-id=\"20427611\" data-mailing-list-name=\"Ground Game\" data-is-amp=\"\" data-section=\"\/news\/nation\">\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter__copy\">\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter__title\">Get\u00a0<span class=\"inline-newsletter__bold\">Ground Game<\/span>\u00a0in your inbox:<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter__description\">Daily updates and analysis on national politics from James Pindell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<form class=\"inline-newsletter__content\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter__error-text\">\n<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The president\u2019s anger about immigration has grown in recent weeks, according to several officials. Trump repeatedly claimed credit for the fact that during his first year in office illegal border crossings dropped to their lowest levels in decades. But this year, they have risen again, robbing him of one of his favorite talking points.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>One person familiar with the president\u2019s blowup at the meeting said it was triggered by a discussion about why Mexico was not doing more to prevent illegal border crossings into the United States. Another person said the president was primarily focused on the Homeland Security Department because he views Nielsen as primarily responsible for keeping unauthorized immigrants out of the country.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Trump yelled about the fact that the United States has a porous border and said that more needs to be done to fix it. 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