It’s not entirely fair to compare Myers to Brown. Managing horse shows had no connection to the work of FEMA, whereas Myers’s experience at the departments of Justice, Commerce, and Treasury does bear on some of the work of ICE. In a future Republican administration, after she has acquired more experience, she might be an outstanding choice for this job. But naming her at this stage in her career, especially given her connections, smacks of cronyism.
Her nomination highlights the administration’s desire to keep immigration enforcement on a short leash, lest some rogue official embarrass the White House by actually enforcing the immigration law. It exposes the administration to yet another Michael Brown fiasco if, as is eventually likely, a terrorist eludes the demoralized immigration agents at ICE on his way to killing Americans.
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National Review ArticleBush has nominated a 36 year old attorney to be director of ICE. The law requires that she have five years of field LE experience. She has zero.
Her uncle is the departing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Richard B. Myers. She married Mike Chertoff's chief-of-staff, John F. Wood, and she is a loyal protege of Secretary Chertoff.
Oh well. If she screws up, it is not like it is an important position.
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