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Aug 1, 2017 · As the Secretary of Homeland Security, John Kelly, President Trump’s new White House chief of staff, was one of the most aggressive enforcers of immigration law in recent American history.
Jul 31, 2017 · In fact, Kelly oversaw some of the most controversial policies of Trump's agenda, including a travel ban targeting several majority-Muslim countries, a reduction in refugee admissions and...
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Aug 2, 2017 · Kelly’s management success as head of DHS — the signal policy success of Trump’s administration — is simply that he allowed immigration agents to do what they wanted: arresting whichever...
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By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly and Dana Bash, CNN
Updated 7:50 PM ET, Mon January 8, 2018
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•Lawmakers will meet at the White House Tuesday to discuss immigration
•The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is one of the toughest issues
President Donald Trump has tasked chief of staff John Kelly with shepherding his immigration proposals through Congress, several administration officials and others familiar with the situation say, in the hopes the retired Marine general can help him fulfill core campaign promises ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
Assigning the chief of staff to such a specific policy initiative is rare, given the top aide's duties in running White House operations and overseeing disparate factions in the West Wing. But Trump hopes Kelly can lend authority to his immigration push without sacrificing the hard-line positions he's advocated. Kelly served as Trump's first homeland security secretary and spearheaded the immigration efforts from that post in the first months of the administration.
The push will continue Tuesday when lawmakers meet at the White House to discuss the next steps on immigration reform. Kelly will helm the meeting alongside Trump, people familiar with it said, though the prospects of striking an agreement appeared slim.
Other administration officials participating in the session include Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary; Stephen Miller, senior adviser for policy; and Marc Short, the White House legislative affairs director.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers peppered President Donald Trump’s homeland security chief John Kelly with questions Tuesday about the administration’s new immigration restrictions, which...
Jan 17, 2018 · The escalating immigration drama is crystallizing for some lawmakers and presidential advisers their long-held views of John Kelly, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff: He’s a fierce...
May 11, 2018 · White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, who came to that job after a stint establishing President Trump’s immigration policies at the Department of Homeland Security, gave an interview to...
