Cluster F*ck Underway At Dept. Of Homeland Security

 

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security and dog-executing aspiring fourth wife of the Malignant Fascist, appears to have a management and operational problem on her manicured hands. In the words of an official in the planning sphere at DHS, "Nobody really knows what’s going on, between DOD, ICE, and CBP" in the project to expand Guantanamo Bay's prison facilities, per CNN:

"Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department are racing to set up multiple tent facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house thousands of migrants, but the scattered efforts have prompted questions internally about who’s in charge and what will happen once people arrive on site.

The unprecedented move to transfer migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay has involved multiple federal agencies – including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection – each with their own set of expertise and responsibilities.

While DHS and DOD have worked together on border security missions before, doing so at Guantanamo has been a steep challenge roiled by confusion, sources told CNN." (our emphasis)

 Looks like it's time for another Noem cosplay photo opportunity. The story continues:

“'There should have been a greater degree of planning before the execution. Now execution has begun, and everyone is trying to back into planning,'another source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

'Everybody is fighting for command and control and direction,' the source added. [snip]

'My goal is that people are not in these facilities for weeks and months. My goal is that there is a short-term stay, they are able to incarcerate them, take them, follow the process and get them back to their country,' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told CNN’s Dana Bash. Noem visited Guantanamo Bay over the weekend to assess the emerging tent facilities.

But sources with knowledge of the process told CNN there hasn’t been a clear plan provided for what happens to people once they arrive at the base, including when they’ll be transferred to their home countries." (our emphasis)

And to think Noem was considered by Washington's chattering class as one of the very marginally competent nominees in a field of badly flawed, sycophantic numbskulls. 

We suggest that Noem spend some considerable time at Gitmo to size up the situation, and arrange for more cosplay photo ops (maybe a striped prison outfit, or a Che Guevara -style beret and a Cuban cigar, although that might be a bit too far even for Noem). 

(photo: Noem costumed as an ICE officer. Please don't kill any dogs)