WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the departure of Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, underscoring his intent to toughen immigration policy amid a surge in illegal crossings along the southern border. “Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service,” Trump tweeted Sunday. “Despite our progress in reforming homeland security for a new age, I have determined that it is the right time for me to step aside,” Nielsen said in a resignation letter she later shared on Twitter. ‘Not extreme enough’On Friday, US media reported that Trump also pulled his nominee to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement department — saying he wanted someone “tougher” at the helm of the Homeland Security sub-agency. “When even the most radical voices in the administration aren´t radical enough for President Trump, you know he´s completely lost touch with the American people,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2019 04:52 UTC