Immigration hawks didn’t get their first choice for secretary of homeland security when President-elect Trump nominated retired Gen. John Kelly on Wednesday, but they didn’t get their least preferred option either.

Champions of tighter immigration controls had wanted Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach but were lukewarm to hostile to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McFaul, R-Texas. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was a third name that popped up in connection with the position.

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