this kirstjen nielson is out at homeland security secretary. kevin mcaleenan, is taking over at least temporarily. he will be acting department of homeland security secretary. according to the president. kirstjen nielson, stepped some of the -- skipped some of the meetings in paris last month to deal with the migration crises in the country, she described as akin to aftermath of a category 5 hurricane. when you hear from casey stegall just reported in el paso sector, 70,000 illegal immigrants had crossed the border where last year the number of 9,000. clearly we're daysing a greater problem -- we're facing a greater problem in terms of human misery. and the president is putting his faith in kevin mcaleenan to try to wrap his arms around it. let's bring in tom, former acting director of i.c.e., you must know kevin, what do you think of his credentials. reporter: kevin probably one of the smartest guys that i have worked with. before he was commissioner, i was director of i.c.e. we worked on a lot of things together under secretary johnson. he is

the trump administration's point person on both border security and immigration policy is kirstjen nielson last week described crisis as a system ride break down. the system she is in charge of. she appears to be more a part of the problem than the solution. president trump vowing to shut down the border to protect our national security. >> a little secret, security is more por important to me than t, we'll have a strong border or a closed border, when we close that border we'll stop hundreds of millions of dollars of drugs from coming in. tremendous aims of drugs come through the southern border, i'm prepared to do it we'll see what happens over the next few days. lou: president's strong stand to secure border in contrast to that of his secretary of homeland security. she waited 6 weeks after president had declared a national emergency on the border with mexico before she sought authorities and resources to deal with the crisis. and weak kneed congressional rinos are as predictable as radical dimms, they have been complicit in allowing illegal immigration that now out of control. >> closi

. >> i am not getting ahead of the president, but secretary kirstjen nielson has taken steps to deploy help where most needed in the area. it very much overwhelming the system. reporter: still looking for a way to close the border and allow goods and trucks to come through to keep the commerce going, republican lawmaker, say there is a crisis at border. >> the president is in a horrible position, he wants to secure the border, and democrats will not give him money to do it it are does not make any sense. reporter: in a tweet, president said that congress must immediately eliminate the loopholes at the border, if no action, borders or large seconds of border will close, this is a national emergency, and president has followed through with pass threats of action. this. that with china to the table there seems to be a less tense on the atmosphere. chinese are planning to be here all week to try to conclude an agreement. elizabeth: a good sign thank you. >> to casey siegel in el paso, texas. reporter: today homeland security announced a 3 state border tour for secretary kirstjen nielson be

kirstjen nielson is out. >> we'll pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us. this is fox news coverage of the resignation of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielson, i am john spot in ne -- jon scott in, president just tweeting out his homeland security secretary is resigning, let's go to alison barber live at the white house. reporter: hello, president trump said that secretary nielsen will leave her position, replacing her as acting department of homeland security secretary will become missioner of -- commissioner of cust o customs d border protection kevin mcaleenan . nielson replaced her old boss general john kel who left department of homeland security to move on as white house chief of staff. her future? there had been questions and rumors about how long she would stay in her role at secretary of homeland security. may of 2018, president trump reportedly screamed at secretary nielsen and berated her, during a cabinet meeting. frustrated over what he fell was perhaps a lackluster performance. we hear from president directly, that secretary of homelan

kirstjen nielson is heading on yuma, arizona tomorrow to address this.ng me now ahead of that, chairman fox news senior strategist analyst. retired four-star general jack keane. >> good to see you. trish: cat 5, hurricane is that a fair categorization. >> it is, it is a human ata catastrophe, this gives her capability to use resources at her disposal, including fema. we have tremendous human suffering taking place here. i have never seen anything like it in all my years with dealing with national security and sovereignty of the united states. trish: that powerful statement, why do you say that. >> we had a spike in this 10 years ago. with over a million plus a year coming in, they were overwhelmingly mexico ap mexicad easily turned back again the border, now. numbers are relatively the same because of the loophole in the congressional legislation, people are seeking asylum. we don't have the resources to hold them, every day now, is is quite shocking we're releasing people immediately into the united states can you imagine trish. they come from a emabov

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julia, was kirstjen nielson dismissed because he wants more families separated? >> that's right. basically, katy, when the president saw numbers increase of undocumented immigrants coming across the border, he wanted strong policies to come out. what he had in his back pocket from the summer was policy of separating families. she said no, you can't do that. didn't oppose it on moral grounds, on legal, logistical grounds. they didn't have space to hold people. if they were going to hold people in mass scale, they had to get around court decisions that say you have to reunify the family separated. the president would have to undo his own executive action that ended family separation last summer. for all these reasons she laid out, it didn't make sense. she went a number of other routes. she increased the number of border agents at the border to enforce border operations. we know she proposed legislation that would allow cbp to deport children more quickly. we know she was able to send more asylum seekers to mexico to wait. it is not like she was a soft liner on immigration by any s

the trump administration's point person on both border security and immigration policy is kirstjen nielsonsis as a system ride break down. the system she is in charge of. she appears to be more a part of the problem than the solution. president trump vowing to shut down the border to protect our national security. >> a little secret, security

then you have this immediate response that secretary kirstjen nielson stood up, taking bold action to address the current emergency on the border. that is where i come in. we stood up the inter-agency border emergency coordination cell. what that means really is bringing capabilities from across the spectrum of u.s. government agencies and bringing them to bear on the border to be able to stabilize and secure the border to the extent we can with this surge. ultimately, longer-term solution is congress, congress has to act. yeah, we have to look at the immigration laws that we have, the legal framework and actually change them to meet today's needs. >> charles: talk about the second part, the core of your function. how are you going to be able to achieve that? we keep reading about how stretched the agencies are, manpower is being pulled from one area to the other, that has consequences with backed up commerce and traffic, give us an idea the challenge. i'm not sure americans understand what you are up against. >> yes, i want to spend a little time on the challenge itself. the challeng

right now dhs secretary kirstjen nielson is set to visit the yuma border patrol station in arizona amid president trump's thet to close large portions of the border to deal with influx of migrants. the president, who heads to the border tomorrow, had this warning for mexico just minutes ago. >> pres. trump: if mexico doesn't give the help, that is okay, we're going to tariff their cars. if the drugs don't stop, mexico can stop them if they want, we will tariff the cars. if that doesn't work, we will close the border. i think that will work, massive numbers of dollars. >> casey stegall has more from the border in el paso. casey. >> casey: melissa, good to see you, what we are expecting the secretary to do in yuma, arizona, waiting for pictures to come in now tis similar to what she did yesterday, right here on the ground in el paso. and that is essentially meeting with border patrol agents and officers to get realtime updates on the situation from those on the front lines, those on the ground dealing with it day in and day out. officials say once she is briefed in arizona today, she'll p

david: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielson visits the el paso border in texas. i am david asman, this is "bulls and bears," thank you for joining us. we begin with that crisis at the border, president trump calling to congress to act, tweeting, congress must get together and immediately eliminate the loopholes at the border. this is a national emergency. businesses also warning about the economic impact of a border. but president trump said that security is his main concern. >> i agree. it is going to be a big toll but trade and commerce and making money for a country -- that is all very important. but to me, the most important job i have is the security of our country, even more important than those other things. david: white house is looking for ways to limit the economic data of a shut down, larry kudlow suggesting scening truck -- keeping truck lanes open for trade. >> one area we've explored to try to keep the freight lanes open, the truck lanes. i have talked with various officials, that is possible. david: texas attorney general ken paxton is joining us,

>>> just a few days after her boss kirstjen nielson was passed over for homeland security, claire gradyeputy secretary is heading for the exit. brady joins several others in what has been described as a near systematic purge of the agency. officials tell cnn that grady knew her fate was tied to secretary nielsen who was at odds with immigration hardliner and top white house adviser stephen miller. president trump recently empowered stephen miller to take the lead on all issues concerning immigration and the border and one source said that miller might as well be the next homeland security since he is the one driving the policy. here is how the president reacted to that idea earlier today? >> i've never thought about making -- [ inaudible ]. now stephen is an excellent guy, a wonderful person. people don't know him. he's wonderful. been with me from the beginning. he's a brilliant man and frankly there is only one person that is running it and you know who that is? it's me. >> gill gurl cowski was the border protection administrator during the obama administration and thank you for being

reporter: president trump is replacing secret service director and rolfe ales after his boss kirstjen nielson was forced to resign. >> anyone who wants to tell the empero he has nolothes is going to get ousted. > reporter: despite nielsen's continued support. >> i'm sure the president's goal is securing the border. >> reporter: they disagree onho to stop migrants from crossing the border. three officials tell nbc mr. trump wants to reinstate the familyeparation policy that led to children being held in cages. usands ofll have t children who have been separated from their parents and not reinstated half a year later. that is unacceteable. >> rep the shake-up at homeland security will leave six top positions without permanent replacements. >> i'm concerned. i'm concerned of a growing void of leadership within theme depa of homeland security. >> what happens if we're ever really in a crisis? and what hpens if we find ourselves the victim of a terrorist attack or in a war. >> reporter: getting tough with haen a d key positionspen homeland security as he braces for more. and a setbackde for the pr

." >> kirstjen nielson is meeting with president trump right now amid growing she might resign. >> let'she white house. reporter: we're watching the fence cam. you can see who is coming in and out of the white house for these sorts of meetings, so far department of homeland security has not responded to our question for comments

david: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielson visits the el paso border in texas.d bears," thank you for joining us. we begin with that crisis at the border, president trump calling to congress to act, tweeting, congress must get together and immediately eliminate the loopholes at the

the trump administration's point person on both border security and immigration policy is kirstjen nielsoned crisis as a system ride break down. the system she is in charge of. she appears to be more a part of the problem than the solution. president trump vowing to shut down the border to protect our national security. >> a little secret, security is

. >> president trump today said department of homeland security kirstjen nielsen is leaving her post. that move brings an end to nielson's often controversial leadership of the department and comes amid the president's frustration with a rising number of apprehensions at the u.s.-mexico border. >> nbc learned that kirstjen nielsen was asked to the white house and asked to re-sign. the president tweeted kirstjen nielsen will be leaving her position. i'd like to thank her for her service. he also tweeted i'm pleased to announce that the current u.s. customs and border protection commissioner will become acting secretary. president trump reportedly grew frustrated over the growing number of apprehensions at the southern border. an issue the president discussed during his trip to the border last week. >> it's a colossal surge and it's overwhelming our immigration system. and we can't let that happen. >> nielson had been in the post since december of 2017. and her tenure was controversial. she submitted her residence egg nati -- resignation and thanked the president for an opportunity to serve in his administration. >> on the

the us secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen, who enforced some of president trump's most controversial border policies, has resigned. ms nielsonthe separation of migrant families which led to children being held in wire enclosures. she gave no reason for her departure, saying only that it was, "the right time for me to step aside". laura podesta reports. president trump on twitter confirmed a shuffle at homeland security. he thanked secretary kirstjen nielsen for her service and named kevin mcaleenan, the us customs and border protection commissioner her temporary replacement. a source tells cbs news white house senior adviser and immigration hawk stephen miller is behind the move and it's part of a broader overhaul at the department. we face a crisis... during her 16 month tenure, nielsen drew criticism from enforcing the separation of migrant families at the border. in march, members of the homeland security committee scrutinised the secretary for handling of the crisis. as a member of this committee you're darn right i'm going to hold this... ..you accountable, for knowing what's happening at the bottom. nielsenjoint presid

kirstjen nielsen was forced to re-sign. claire grady is expected to be pushed out. and head of customs and border protection is replacing nielson that now leaves a big void at the cdp. we found out monday that the head of the secret service is being forced to re-sign and francis could be next on the chopping block. all of this is happening while the situation at the border continues to get more chaotic and nothing this administration has done seems to make a dent. so what you have is a president that thought immigration could be his best issue in 2020 but unless he turns things around, it could end up being his greatest failure. john allen put it this way, quote, the humanitarian emergency at the border threatens to create a crisis in competence for his administration. if illegal immigration was a problem before trump took office, it has become worse, not better, since then and he is looking for scapegoats. remember those scapegoats will be members of his own administration. many of whom the president chose. remember kirstjen nielsen was not a lay over. he chose her. i'm going to go to hans at the white house. help us understan

homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen has resigned as president trump's frustration grows over the situation at the u.s. border with mexico. in her resignation letter, nielsont secretary will have the support of congress to fix the laws which have impeded america's ability to fix the borders. >> her hands have been tied in many ways. the president is frustrated with what is going on at the southern border and he is going in a different direction. >> president trump has named kevin mcaleenan the acting head of the homeland security department. here is what we know about nielson's replacement. he is 47 years old, born in honolulu. he went to college at amhurst and the university of chicago. he was practicing law until 2001 when he was motivated by the september 11 attacks to aplay for a job with the fbi. he was the commissioner of the u.s. border and customs protections. california senator kamala harris said she will not support a nominee who does not denounce the trump administration's policy of separating families at the border. senator harris is a member of the senate homeland security committee. >>> the trump administration says it needs more time to reun