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I am in an enforcement agency in DHS and we only have 1200 agents. They are going to hire 1000 welcome wagon agents to give work permits to the very same people we are trying to catch.

Right now my office is busy working up cases on "dreamers" because their "American Dream" includes drug trafficking and fraudulent document trafficking. Don't even get me started on the child prostitution rings.

New positions have to be justified and authorized. Are the relevant offices in DHS so far below their personnel ceilings that Obama can do this hiring without new budget authority? Or is this more of the autocratic cramdown?

I have no idea what DHS's numbers are, but the relevant subcommittees in both the House and Senate should have been notified of any major reprogramming, and ultimately the Congress would have to approve an expansion. Unless it is entirely lawless ... not that I expect the courts to enforce anything againt this crowd.