Her departure presages another election centred on immigration policy
“SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service,” tweeted President Donald Trump on the evening of April 7th. Ms Nielsen lasted more than a year in her post, but Mr Trump had long regarded her as weak. Her departure augurs another election campaign with immigration policy at its centre.
Yet what she could have done to satisfy Mr Trump is unclear. He seems to want people to simply stop coming to America; that will not happen as long as Central American countries remain weak and violent. If anything, Mr Trump’s recently announced cutting of aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and risks propelling more migrants from those countries northward.
What might those requests entail? Mr Trump has already mulled shutting down the southern border. Last week at the border, he told would-be migrants, “Our country is full...so turn around. That’s the way it is.” He reportedly demanded that Ms Nielsen stop migrants from seeking asylum—something that is beyond the power of any secretary of homeland security.
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