{"id":5473,"date":"2013-12-18T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T17:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:21:34","slug":"obamas-dhs-nominees-no-experience-or-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/12\/18\/obamas-dhs-nominees-no-experience-or-under-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s DHS Nominees: No Experience or Under Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jeh<\/a>Is the Obama administration intent on stacking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with ill-equipped leadership?<\/p>\n

Monday evening the Senate confirmed<\/a> Jeh Johnson to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing Janet Napolitano. He\u2019ll be responsible for border security, enforcing immigration laws, and managing more than 240,000 employees, but his biography reveals no meaningful experience<\/a> in immigration.<\/p>\n

What Johnson is, is a longtime Democrat donor<\/a> and former general counsel for the Department of Defense, who was often referred to as \u201cthe president\u2019s man\u201d<\/a> at the Pentagon. Surely his loyalty is being rewarded and he will continue to take marching orders from the White House \u2013 meaning the highly political actions<\/a> at DHS will change little under his leadership.<\/p>\n

Another key appointment this week is Alejandro Mayorkas, nominated to be deputy secretary of the department. Unlike his new boss Jeh Johnson \u2013 who has no experience in managing our nation\u2019s immigration apparatus \u2013 Mayorkas has plenty of it. His years of recklessly fast-tracking applications<\/a> as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has led whistleblowers to reveal national security lapses<\/a> and the agency\u2019s union leader<\/a> to question how an amnesty could ever be safely processed by such a dysfunctional organization.<\/p>\n

If poor management and dangerous policies weren\u2019t enough, Mayorkas is under investigation<\/a> by the department\u2019s own Inspector General. That\u2019s right; the man Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants to vote into the No. 2 position at DHS on Wednesday is being investigated<\/a> for helping Hillary Clinton\u2019s brother secure an EB-5 investor visa for a Chinese national \u2013 who had already been denied twice. More recent reports<\/a> indicate that Mayorkas also helped expedite two dozen foreign investor visa applications for a casino in Las Vegas \u2013 after being pressured by Reid.<\/p>\n

Despite this pending investigation, Democrats will not hold back on confirming Mayorkas as deputy secretary. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said moving to consider a nominee under investigation for professional misconduct was \u201cwithout precedent.\u201d<\/a>