Secretary Nielsen defends President Trump’s national emergency declaration

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 10:32 AM PT — Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is defending President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.

While speaking before the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, Nielsen said the situation at the border is “not a manufactured crisis.” She argued that “no rational person would design

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Trump admin. files appeal to federal judge’s block of asylum policy

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 11:50 AM PT — Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018

The White House has filed an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling, which blocks the president’s new asylum policy. According to court documents filed Wednesday, the Trump administration told the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals it plans to appeal the December ruling.

The U.S. district judge initially stopped the asylum order, saying it violated current immigration laws.

The order prevented people from claiming asylum based on domestic or gang violence when they report to immigration

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Dept. of Homeland Security to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico as cases are processed

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 1:33 PM PT — Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018

The Trump administration is taking historic action to confront the wave of migrants at the border.

On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be sent to Mexico while their cases are being processed.

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