The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
August 17, 2020

Top Homeland Security Officials Were Invalidly Appointed, Says Congressional Watchdog
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Government Accountability Office said Friday the top two officials
at the Department of Homeland Security are not legally allowed to serve
in their roles within the agency. According to the watchdog, Chad Wolf,
acting secretary of DHS, and Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary,
were not installed according to the proper order of succession.
Democrats have called on them to resign.

Last week, the ACLU called for dismantling DHS by breaking it up into
smaller federal agencies. Immigration activists say the agency should be
fully abolished.


.