Having read DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation letter in full, I’m struck by how the full scope of a very important job has been narrowed down to an internal dispute over not being cruel enough to brown skinned people at the southern border.

DHS covers protecting cyberspace, threats from real terrorists organizations, chemical and biological weapon threats, potential attacks on our networks, infrastructure and foreign interference in our election process.

Nielsen may have done a good job of keeping us safe from the long list of threats the homeland faces. But she was fired for not getting on board with a strong enough stance on family separation policy as a deterrent to families seeking asylum from Central America.

I can’t help but think our true enemies couldn’t be happier about this blatantly racist misguided focus. I’m not shedding any tears for Nielsen. While she’s the one who took the heat from congress by trying to deflect concern about family separation, children in cages and poor record keeping – it’s hard to argue she didn’t have it coming for basically defending a heartless change in policy towards asylum seekers as any good Trump soldier would. Take the bullet for the boss.

The final assessment? Thanks for taking the bullet on that but we don’t feel like you’re implemention is savage enough to meet the White House standards.