Posted on 09/13/2021 1:17:26 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Karen Olick resigned amid the migrant crisis at the southern border and an influx of Afghan refugees to the U.S., Politico reported Monday.
Olick serves as the chief of staff to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and plans to move on from the position at the end of September, according to Politico. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Associate Director of Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Jennifer Higgins is expected to step into the role in an acting capacity until the Biden administration appoints someone else.
Olick “has decided to resign her position and pursue new opportunities,” Mayorkas said, Politico reported. “We are grateful to Karen for her service during the critical first nine months of the new Administration.”
https://twitter.com/dlippman/status/1437444439748845573
The DHS has struggled to manage the increasing number of migrants arriving at the southern border, according to Politico. The agency has tried to manage and mitigate other crises including the arrival of thousands of Afghan allies in the U.S. and the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
“Though too often underappreciated by our fellow citizens, I am continually struck by how many millions of Americans sleep in safety every night because so many at DHS do not sleep,” Olick said in a farewell email, Politico reported.
Olick worked as a prominent official at a Democratic strategic communications firm before her position at the DHS, according to Politico. Higgins has worked in various positions for the federal government for more than 20 years.
Wonder what she knows that is coming? People who resign in DC generally do so because bad things are heading their way and they don’t want to be anywhere near the oscillating devise when excrement hits the blades.
She quit before stuff starts blowing up and they blame her.
I am sure the media will highlight this HIGH RANKING resignation due to the inept administration bungling of just about everything.
The first of many to come.
Nothing bad is going to happen to hershe’s a DEMOCRAT...a FEMALE DEMOCRAT.....REPUBLICANS WILL DO NOTHING!
Blinken will be next, but he'll be fired.
I put it down to Kamala Harris’s brave leadership: “They’re not going to pin this sh*t on me!”
“They ain’t blaming me for this Shat” she said, channeling her hero VP Kamalalala Hirsute, as she handed in her resignation.
The old GET OUT WHILE THE GETTIN IS GOOD strategy.
Getting outta the Kitchen while she still can.
She resigned...
Uhuh...
Sure she did.
Yep, can’t get hit by the hammer If’n your not in the way.
For the DHS bureaucrats, that statement excludes when they are at their work location...
IAC, the way things are going, it seems that these DHS bureaucrats should be worrying about their own future safety...
Particularly since they just helped get 150,000 Afghan terrorists admitted to the country and cared for on the taxpayers dime...
My guess is Karen Olick is failing upward. A job offer with a contractor for Homeland in-Security or a new political job that requires little or no actual work.
Lol!
She wanted to spend more time with family. Isn't that their standard answer is when the SHTF?
The MSM has already written up the story ...
From The Chicago Post's new front-page headline: "Biden Administration Reeling From High-Profile DHS Resignation"
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I think that is a tautology, a definition of the state of being that is called Republican. Do nothing and believe in nothing and if you get power as a consequence hand it over to the other side as quick as possible.
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