Former DHS officials ousted to defeat the Trump government's plan to arrest thousands of migrants

Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and a senior immigration official have challenged a previously secret White House plan to arrest thousands of migrant parents and children in nearly a dozen US cities, announced Monday Fox News.

The Trump administration wanted to target migrant families from the United States from Mexico to try to show that the US would not return to its border position, detain or expel clandestine immigrant families The Washington Post reported, citing several current and former officials of Homeland Security.

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The operation included an expedited trial procedure in immigration courts and allowed the United States to deport those who did not show up at their hearings, as well as to coordinate searches directed against Parents of children in several cities, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and several other major cities confirmed Fox News.

Nielsen and Ronald Vitiello, a senior immigration official, rejected the administration's plan, citing lack of preparation, outrage from the population and fears that the operation will use border resources. Stephen Miller and ICE Assistant Director Matthew Albence supported the project, arguing that such an operation could deter migrants from entering the United States, according to the Washington Post.

Nielsen and Vitello were concerned about the operation and logistics of the plan and not about the ethical reasons behind it, according to the newspaper. Nielsen also feared that taking care of parents and children would undermine the White House's goal of attacking so-called "criminal aliens."

"It was feared that the document would be hastily developed, that it would be ineffective and that it could actually turn against it by misappropriating the resources of the emergency operations. at the borders, "said a Washington Post Homeland Security official.

Nielsen and Vitello's response would have been one of the reasons why Trump pushed the two leaders out of the administration.

Neither Homeland Security, nor the US Immigration and Customs Services commented on the report. Miller, through a White House spokesman, declined to comment on this publication.

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Nielsen left the job after only 16 months of work. The Associated Press, citing two sources, reported that Nielsen had been frustrated by the difficulty of calling on other departments to cope with the increasing number of families crossing the southwestern border.

John Roberts (Fox News) and the Associated Press contributed to this report.