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Acting No. 2 At Homeland Security Is The Latest To Leave Department

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The acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security is leaving the department, the latest top-ranking DHS official to exit.

 

Claire Grady’s imminent resignation, announced Tuesday night by outgoing Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, paves the way for President Donald Trump’s pick of Kevin McAleenan to lead DHS in an acting capacity. Following Nielsen’s forced resignation Sunday night, Grady was statutorily next in line to become acting secretary.

 

Grady’s departure comes as Trump is cleaning house in the department. The day after Nielsen’s resignation was announced, Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles was ousted, and at least two officials have been named as possibly heading out the door: US Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis Cissna and Office of the General Counsel’s John Mitnick.

 

At least some of the sudden personnel changes come at the urging of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, who played a key role in Nielsen’s ouster.

 

The President in recent weeks empowered Miller to lead the administration’s border policies “and he’s executing his plan” with what amounts to a wholesale decapitation of the department’s leadership, an official has told CNN.

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