Report: Top U.S. diplomat for Latin America resigns

Kimberly Breier.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accepted the resignation of Kimberly Breier, the top diplomat for Latin America, U.S. officials told The Washington Post on Wednesday.

A Mexico expert, Breier has been assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs since October, and was on the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration. One official told the Post Breier was recently chastised via email by Stephen Miller, the immigration hardliner advising President Trump on policy, who said she didn't do enough to defend Trump's asylum agreement with Guatemala. However, another official told the Post that email exchange does not exist, and Miller is not the motivation behind her exit.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.