According to
CNN,
Trump has asked Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to fire Alles. Alles is
reportedly aware that he will soon be pushed out, but his departure
hasn't yet been made official. One of CNN's sources described Alles'
ouster as part of a "near systematic purge" as Stephen Miller, who has
been charged with running the administration's immigration policy,
consolidates power. One official described Miller's purge as a
"wholesale decapitation" of DHS.
"There is a near-systematic purge happening at the nation's
second-largest national security agency," one senior administration
official says.
And Alles's likely won't be the last head to roll at DHS. Two other top officials are reportedly on their way out.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis
Cissna and Office of the General Counsel's John Mitnick are expected to
be gone soon, and the White House is eyeing others to be removed.
A former marine, Alles was recommended for the post by former White
House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who ran the department before his move
to the West Wing, per the
AP.
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