Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s very concerned about the Trump administration purging some of the nation’s top immigration officials at Homeland Security. Grassley, a Republican, says several people have reportedly been targeted for firing, including Lee Francis Cissna (SIS-nah), the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a man Grassley says he knows well.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned Sunday after a private meeting with the president. Last week, the Trump administration reversed itself and pulled the nomination of Ronald Vitiello (vah-TELL-oh) for the position of director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Reports say Homeland Security’s general counsel, John Mitnick, is also on the way out. Grassley is worried still more qualified people will be let go.
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Grassley says it’s not because he knows these individuals and wants to help them, “but to make sure that the president has a rational immigration policy.”