DHS Sec. Kirsten Nielsen cuts overseas trip short after Pres. Trump's threat to close U.S.-Mexico border.
has cut an overseas trip short to oversee decisions on the border response and is now back in Washington, D.C., a senior DHS official tells ABC News.
Nielsen had left for the trip early Sunday and arrived back in Washington early Tuesday morning. The secretary was scheduled to be in Europe all week for bilateral security meetings, representing the U.S. at gathering of G7 interior ministers. Nielsen is expected to head to the southern border on Wednesday, the official said. The president is scheduled to make his own trip to the border in Calexico, California, on Friday, near where the administration says a section of Trump's proposed border wall has been built.
Despite the extremely short trip, a source says Nielsen “had sensitive discussions on counterterrorism and cyber issues” while in the UK. “But as Washington was asleep, Secretary Nielsen made some decisions on border response and decided she needed to oversee those personally. So we asked our Deputy to tap in and take over the trip,” the official said.
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