10. Yet Kelly himself seemed to drift rightwards, attacking advocates of more discretion in immigration enforcement.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-secretary-kelly-says-congressional-critics-should-shut-up-or-change-laws/2017/04/18/8a2a92b6-2454-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.50e366d8582e …
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11. So what’s next for DHS? Elaine Duke (who got the #2 job over Kobach, and who's eminently sane) will be Acting Secretary.
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12. Trump will likely nominate a replacement in the usual way. A confirmation would require Senate hearings and a vote.
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13. Some wonder why Trump would want another confirmation battle. But I suspect he’s salivating at the prospect!
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14. DHS’s purview includes two of Trump’s favorite topics – immigration and terrorism. He’d *love* a slew of news cycles on those issues.
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15. Trump knows this stuff made him POTUS. His base eats it up, especially when it angers Dems. Unless a loon, his pick will get confirmed.
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16. But what if he moves Sessions to DHS? He could then install an AG who isn’t recused from Russia and who might fire/limit Mueller.
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17. Why would Sessions go along? He might prefer it to getting constantly undermined by Trump (and that’s his best-case scenario!).
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Note: Sessions could become acting DHS Secretary for almost seven months. He's been Senate confirmed so could go in under Vacancies Act.
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True but if the plan is to eventually nominate him, then he'd have to step aside as acting once nominated, no? (NLRB v SW General)
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