A departure of more. Donald Trump announced on Friday (October 11th) the resignation of his acting Homeland Security Minister, Kevin McAleenan, who becomes the last member of a long list to leave his administration.
"Kevin McAleenan has done a fantastic job," tweeted the US president. "After many years in the government, Kevin now wants to spend more time with his family and go into the private sector," he said, adding that he would announce next week the name of his replacement.
This minister in charge of immigration took office in April, succeeding Kirstjen Nielsen, who was no longer favored by Donald Trump.
Previously Head of Customs and Border Protection, Kevin McAleenan received praise from the White House tenant: "We have worked well together, with a number of crossings at the border dropping dramatically."
However, his departure comes after the latter told the Washington Post that he did not feel able to control his ministry.
"What I do not control is the tone, the message, the relations with the outside and the approach of the ministry, in a period more and more polarized", "an uncomfortable position" for a manager of ( his level, he said daily.
"Eviction"
For Bennie Thompson, the Democratic Chair of the Homeland Security Committee in the House of Representatives, the resignation of Mr. McAleenan is an "eviction", a sign that "President Trump continues to decimate" the head of the Department of Homeland Security .
"This will only add to the chaos" in a ministry where there are only "too many vacant management positions and positions held by + acting officials", he criticized, asking that Donald Trump quickly appoints a permanent successor to the resigning minister.
The president "has forced the department to move away from the heart of its counterterrorism mission to focus almost solely on its xenophobic and cruel immigration agenda," Thompson said.
Caldestin immigration, Trump's hobby horse
The 45th President of the United States has made the fight against illegal immigration one of his hobby horses and intends to make it a major focus of his campaign for the presidential election of 2020.
Nearly a million people have been arrested at the border between the United States and Mexico since October 2018, a record in 12 years, announced the authorities earlier this week.
The Trump administration is regularly under fire from human rights groups for its migration policy.
With AFP