WMAL Interview - REP. STEVE KING - 11.16.17
8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - REP. STEVE KING - R-IA
TOPIC: DACA and TAX VOTE
Tax bill teed up for House vote. GOP leaders are confident they will pass the bill Thursday.
Steve King: Trump’s DHS Nominee Has ‘Disqualified’ Herself for Supporting ‘Anti-Rule of Law’ DACA Amnesty. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) nominee Kirstjen Nielsen has “disqualified” herself with her support for amnesty for nearly 800,000 illegal aliens. Days ago, Breitbart News reported on Nielsen’s support for an amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens shielded from deportation by the Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
_ Committee clears Trump’s pick to lead DHS By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, November 14, 2017 The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted Tuesday to approve Kirstjen Nielsen as the next Homeland Security secretary, overcoming objections from Democrats who said she lacked leadership experience and didn’t appear to be independent enough from the White House. Ms. Nielsen has been a top adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly and followed him when he left the department to go to the White House — but her own management experience is more limited, leaving her with a steep learning curve should she win final confirmation from the full Senate. She cleared the committee on an 11-4 vote.
Dems in the driver's seat on DACA Dems in the driver's seat on DACA
DACA recipients whose apps were delayed in mail can resubmit them By Rebecca Savransky - 11/16/17 07:18 AM EST Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program whose renewal applications were delayed in the mail will now be able to resubmit them. The decision comes after applications to renew the status of dozens of DACA recipients were rejected because they arrived after the deadline. The acting director of the Department of Homeland Security told the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency that recipients should be able to resubmit their applications if they can prove their original documents were delayed in the mail, The New York Times reported.