WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Predicament of delivery Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen acknowledged on Tuesday that Claire Grady, the appearing deputy secretary of the division, had offered her resignation to President Donald Trump, potentially additional destabilizing the agency tasked with managing immigration and the nation’s borders.
The departure of Grady, who became legally supposed to raise over from Nielsen after Nielsen’s have confidence ouster earlier this week, became expected after Trump picked U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan to changed into the appearing head of the Predicament of delivery Security Department.
Nielsen’s resignation at the division is efficient on Wednesday.
Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by David Alexander