THREAD: Now that the GAO has made clear that @DHS_Wolf and @HomelandKen are serving illegally atop DHS (and @HomelandKen continues to even use the wrong title on his Twitter account), let& #39;s take a look at how hollowed out DHS truly is these days:
1) Beyond an illegal Acting Sec and #2, there& #39;s no chief of staff and the acting general counsel, Chad Mizelle, is just a few years out of law school (his equally young wife is now the youngest Trump judicial nominee yet, but that& #39;s another problem).  https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1293618706325606405">https://twitter.com/ReichlinM...
4) Chad Wolf is *supposed* to be the Under Sec for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, so there& #39;s somebody filling in for that role too. There& #39;s also no Asst Sec for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention because why would that be an important position to have filled?
6) At  @ICEGov and  @CBP, the vacancies have been so long-standing that the officials in charge aren& #39;t even legally "acting" anymore and are instead the "Senior Officials Performing the Duties of" the director or commissioner....
7) And ICE& #39;s top official, Matt Albence, is leaving shortly after serving for more than a *year* as the temporary top official of the nation& #39;s third-largest federal law enforcement agency: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/matt-albence-departing-ice/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/3...
8) At @FEMA, in the midst of hurricane and wildfire season (plus the pandemic!), both of the deputy roles are vacant.
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