Trump Taps DHS Deputy Secretary as Ambassador to El Salvador

Troy Edgar, the deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has been nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador. President Donald Trump announced the nomination on Dec. 16, praising Edgar’s work at DHS. Edgar served during Trump’s first term as the department’s chief financial officer and later as an associate deputy undersecretary, overseeing a roughly $90 billion budget that included funding for immigration enforcement and border wall construction. The second Trump administration elevated Edgar to the No. 2 position at DHS, where he worked to deliver the president’s campaign promise of the largest mass deportation operation in the nation’s history....