TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “The UN migration agency on Friday [6-29-18] voted down Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration’s candidate to lead the International Organization for Migration, a US official told CNN, leaving it without an American at the helm for the first time since 1951. He was eliminated from contention after the second round of voting, a UN source told CNN. Isaacs, who works in relief efforts for the Christian nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse, was nominated in February to serve as director general of the 169-member group whose mission is to promote ‘humane and orderly migration’ through assistance to both governments and migrants. But the agency decided Friday that it will choose a non-American leader for the first time in decades — a move that comes as the Trump administration continues to reduce the number of refugees it accepts into the US every year and push a controversial immigration agenda. Isaacs himself has also come under scrutiny after a report from CNN’s KFile earlier this year and one from The Washington Post in February revealing he shared anti-Muslim and anti-refugee views on social media. KFile previously reviewed more than 140 previously unreported tweets from before Isaacs was nominated that provide a wider window into his views of refugees, Islam and climate change — issues that would have been central to the position with IOM.”
–Zachary Cohen and Elise Labott, “Trump’s controversial pick for top UN migration job voted down in Geneva,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 29, 2018 2:48 pm