Trump Urged Homeland Security Official to Close Border Despite an Earlier Promise of a Delay

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Trump Urged Homeland Security Official to Close Border Despite an Earlier Promise of a Delay


By Maggie Haberman, Annie Karni and Eric Schmitt

    April 12, 2019

President Trump last week privately urged Kevin McAleenan, the border enforcement official he was about to name as acting secretary of homeland security, to close the southwestern border to migrants despite having just said publicly that he was delaying a decision on the step for a year, according to three people briefed about the conversation.

It was not clear what Mr. Trump meant by his request or his additional comment to Mr. McAleenan that he would pardon him if he encountered any legal problems as a result of taking the action. Federal judges have already blocked the administration’s attempts to limit asylum seekers who illegally enter the country, and it is not likely that Mr. McAleenan would have ended up in jail if he had followed the president’s directive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/us/politics/trump-border.html?emc=edit_na_20190412&nl=breaking-news&nlid=61882167ing-news&ref=headline

[Fishrrman]

"President Trump last week privately urged Kevin McAleenan, the border enforcement official he was about to name as acting secretary of homeland security, to close the southwestern border to migrants despite having just said publicly that he was delaying a decision on the step for a year, according to three people briefed about the conversation."

Mr. Trump, stop "urging", and start ORDERING !
You have the authority to do so !