'Morally repugnant': Homeland Security advisory council members resign over immigration policies
Source: washpost
by David Nakamura July 17 at 12:46 PM
Four members of a Homeland Security advisory council have resigned in protest over the Trump administration's immigration policies, citing the “morally repugnant” practice of separating immigrant families at the border.
Richard Danzig, former secretary of the Navy in the Clinton administration, and Elizabeth Holtzman, a former Democratic congresswoman, were among the group that announced their resignation Monday in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
The group noted that the Department of Homeland Security did not consult its advisory council before implementing the policy, which separated more than 2,500 children until President Trump reversed his endorsement of the practice amid an international outcry and signed an order instructing the agency to stop doing so.
“Were we consulted, we would have observed that routinely taking children from migrant parents was morally repugnant, counter-productive and ill-considered,” the group wrote. “We cannot tolerate association with the immigration policies of this administration, nor the illusion that we are consulted on these matters.”.........................
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/07/17/morally-repugnant-homeland-security-advisory-council-members-resign-over-immigration-policies/?utm_term=.6d928377d38a
Glad to some at DHS have some morals. Not enough though!
A protester holds a sign during a rally against President Trump's immigrant family separation policies in Philadelphia on June 30. (Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images)
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Problem is, now Stephen Miller probably gets to pick their replacements. 
