DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono on Tuesday [6-19-18] called for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, accusing her of lying for President Donald Trump over US immigration policies. Hirono’s comments come as the administration has been put under increased pressure to answer for the policy that has led to separating undocumented children from their parents at the border. Nielsen spoke to reporters at the White House press briefing Monday [6-18-18], where she made the case there was little the President could do to end the practice, which she attributed to previously existing law…Later Tuesday, Hirono addressed Trump directly, and called on him to take out his ‘God damn pen’ and change the policy…Hirono is not the first to call for Nielsen’s departure. On Monday, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, also called for Nielsen’s resignation.”
-Suzanne Malveaux and Sophie Tatum, “Democratic senator calls for DHS secretary resignation amid family separations at the border,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 19, 2018 5:36 pm