”I want to thank her for her service,” writes the president of the republic and announces at the same time that Kevin McAleenan, now head of U.S. authority for customs and border protection, temporarily takes over her mail.

Before the news came at midnight Swedish time, reported CBS News on the data, and wrote the change on the item was part of a massive review of the department of homeland security (DHS), according to a senior source. CBS writes that it is unclear whether Nielsen chose to resign or if she pressed into it.

of the united states immigrationspolicy, and then Nielsen took office in december 2017, she has been left to shoulder the controversial decision that Trumps the building walls and the separation of migrants and their children at the southern border.

According to CBS News, there has long been speculation about Nielsen’s departure, when Trump arrived with a growing number of frustrated statements about the U.S. immigrationsnivåer.

He has previously announced that he wants to go in a ”tougher” direction with his appointment of a new head of immigration and customs authority, a subdivision of the department of homeland security.