Rice steamed at Becerra for pushing back on White House immigration assignment: book
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A new book detailed then-White House adviser Susan Rice's anger with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra pushing back on an order for his department to take in more unaccompanied migrant kids.
Becerra took a phone call with over two dozen White House officials that included then-White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, who called on Becerra to expand the number of migrant children in HHS custody. Houston Keene is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
The HHS secretary argued that his department required one caregiver per eight children and that the White House's request would skew the ratio, making the department unable to care for the kids.
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