John Kelly: Undocumented Immigrants Lack Skills to Assimilate into U.S. Society White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told NPR on Thursday that he believes undocumented immigrants “don't integrate well; they don't have skills.” “They're not criminals. They're not MS13. But they're also not people that would easily assimilate into the United States into our modern society.” During the interview, he claimed most undocumented immigrants don’t speak English and come from countries where “fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm.” According to NPR, Kelly supports the DHS’ decision to end temporary protected status for Haiti, El Salvador, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sudan and Honduras. But he also supports the idea of paving a way for those under TPS to gain citizenship in the U.S.