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The Daily

The Brief, Controversial Tenure of Kirstjen Nielsen

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.3107.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out as secretary of homeland security, even after carrying out and defending President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies. We look at why that wasn’t enough. Guest: Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0

From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

0:02.4

This is the day.

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0:09.4

Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security

0:12.6

was forced out of her job.

0:14.6

Even after carrying out and defending,

0:17.6

President Trump's most restrictive immigration policies.

0:21.6

Why that wasn't enough.

0:24.0

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0:26.4

It's Tuesday, April 9th.

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0:34.7

Katelyn described what happened over the weekend.

0:36.9

So on Sunday, Kristen Nielsen, who's the Secretary

0:40.3

at the Department of Homeland Security,

0:42.0

she's the nation's highest-ranking immigration officer.

0:45.1

She goes to the White House for an unscheduled meeting

0:48.5

with President Trump.

0:50.0

Katelyn Dickerson covers immigration for the times.

0:52.8

And he, in recent weeks, has been very riled up publicly

0:57.2

over an increasing number of people crossing the border,

1:00.2

especially families who seek asylum,

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