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Exclusive: McAleenan Protecting Kirstjen Nielsen's DHS 'Swamp' Culture

posted onMay 24, 2019
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Article snippet: Sources close to Breitbart News, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, say DHS management teams have deliberately sidetracked, stalled, and stopped policies sought by President Donald Trump. Those policies, which were promised by his 2016 presidential campaign, were intended to end illegal immigration, build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and empower the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to deport illegal aliens living in the country. Nielsen, who led DHS between December 2017 and April 2019, used her term to post like-minded allies into key positions with the approval of the White House’s personnel office, sources told Breitbart News. Many job candidates who supported Trump’s policies were blocked even before the interview stage. Under McAleenan,“You don’t see an influx of these pro-Trump types,” one source said. “This is who McAleenan is bringing with him. All career federal employees — Washington beltway people.” A DHS official told Breitbart News in a statement that claims suggesting employees at the agency are working against the president are untrue. “Any suggestion that former Secretary Nielsen’s staff worked against the president’s agenda is patently false,” the DHS official said. “No one would take these extremely difficult and time-consuming jobs if they opposed the president’s agenda.” Two of the most influential Nielsen allies include Chad Wolf and Elizabeth Neumann — who is described as a personal friend of Nielsen’s. Neumann,... Link to the full article to read more

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