Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., on Wednesday called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign given her role in enforcing President Trump’s zero tolerance policy that has resulted in the separation of illegal immigrants from their children.
“Secretary Nielsen has made it abundantly clear she lacks the integrity or judgment needed to lead the Department of Homeland Security,” Duckworth said in a statement. “It is time for her to resign.”
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Duckworth listed examples of what she said were instances where Nielsen lied to the American people and found herself at the center of the “Trump administration’s most chaotic and reckless actions.”
Duckworth said that Nielsen’s actions have compromised her character and credibility as DHS secretary.
“From censoring the Office of Inspector General report detailing her role in the unlawful implementation of Trump’s first Muslim travel ban, to enforcing a cruel and unnecessary Trump administration policy that traumatizes children by tearing them away from their parents and placing them in cages, Kirstjen Nielsen’s actions have compromised her credibility, character and accountability,” Duckworth said.
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