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Homeland Security Secretary Goes From Target of Trump to Protector

FILE -- Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, during her confirmation hearings in Washington, Nov. 8, 2017. This week, confronted by images of children in cages after being separated from parents at the Southwest border, Nielsen served as a shield for the Trump administration against global criticism for its hard-line attempts to discourage illegal immigration. (Al Drago/The New York Times)