Nielsen to visit border Friday and Saturday

Politico ---------- Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will travel Friday and Saturday to the U.S.-Mexico border, a department spokesperson said. DHS has come under heavy criticism for the deaths this month of two detained migrant children, 8 year-old Felipe Alonzo-Gomez and 7 year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, both from Guatemala. Alonzo-Gomez's death occurred on Christmas Eve, during a partial government shutdown prompted by President Donald Trump's refusal to sign a spending bill that doesn't include $5 billion for a border wall. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.