-I just want to thank
the president again
for the tremendous opportunity
to serve this country.
Sure, the president's goal
is securing the border.
I will continue to support
all efforts
to address the humanitarian and
security crisis on the border.
-As migrants coming
to the US-Mexico border
continue to spike,
Trump forced out
the Cabinet official
in charge of immigration,
Homeland Security Secretary
Kirstjen Nielsen.
Trump dismissed Nielsen
in an unceremonious tweet,
which really underscores
that reputation
is an occupational hazard
of working
for the
Trump administration.
Trump values loyalty
until he decides
you're not useful to him.
And the thing with Nielsen
is she went above
and beyond any other
Cabinet official
to really show
her loyalty to Trump.
-Let me be clear.
Walls work.
That's not my opinion,
it's not a tag line,
it's not a political statement.
It's a fact.
-She repeatedly raised eyebrows
among lawmakers, reporters,
and fact checkers
by repeating falsehoods
and twisting the facts
that agencies,
sometimes even her own,
said weren't true,
and she did all of this
to defend the president.
-That the specific intent
was to help President Trump win,
I'm not aware of that.
-Norway is a predominantly
white country, isn't it?
-I actually do not know
that, sir.
-Are we still using cages
for children?
-Sir, we don't use
cages for children.
-I just want you to admit
that the cages exist.
-Sir, they're not cages.
-It's probably not a coincidence
this comes as the 2020 campaign
is gearing up.
Trump is doubling down on his
hard-line immigration policies,
which he made a central feature
of his 2016 campaign,
and it's pretty clear
he wants this
to be a big deal
for his supporters in 2020.
We don't know who Trump's gonna
pick to replace Nielsen,
but at this point,
it's hard to imagine
who could be more hard line
on immigration than she was.
She really went above
and beyond
to try to tow
the president's policies.
