Nielsen expected to be forced out at DHS when protector Kelly leaves White House

Published December 16, 2018 5:00am ET



Former officials predict Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to be shown the door as head of the Department of Homeland Security now that Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly is leaving.

“I don’t expect her to stay long after Gen. Kelly departs,” said a former senior DHS official who worked in the agency during President Trump’s first year in office.

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