Kirstjen Nielsen is out as the Department of Homeland Security secretary, President Donald Trump said.
Trump announced that Kevin K. McAleenan, the commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, will become acting secretary.
It's unclear if Nielsen resigned or was fired.
Nielsen has played a major role in implementing the administration's key policy priority: immigration enforcement. In his announcement naming her the DHS nominee, President Donald Trump called Nielsen “tremendously qualified.”
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