Wild Colossus

Just like the brazen giant of Greek fame

With conquering limbs astride from sea to sea;

Here at our fear-washed , padlocked gates shall stand

A berserker with a torch, whose flame

Is a fire bolt of intolerance, and her name

Forsaker of exiles.  From her beacon hand

Glows world-wide rejection, her wild eyes command

The bridge spanned harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips.  "We reject your tired, disdain your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. 

Hinder these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, forbid them from me,

I douse my lamp beside the impermeable door!"

Governance by proclamation

Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze 1/23/17

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees to be applied across the board in the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no vacant positions existing at noon on January 22, 2017, may be filled and no new positions may be created, except in limited circumstances. This order does not include or apply to military personnel.

This hiring freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of the sources of their operational and programmatic funding, excepting military personnel.

According to Executive order of 1/25/17,

Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the U.S.;

Sec. 7.  Additional Enforcement and Removal Officers.  The Secretary, through the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, take all appropriate action to hire 10,000 additional immigration officers, who shall complete relevant training and be authorized to perform the law enforcement functions described in section 287 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1357).

According to Executive order of 1/25/17

Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

Sec. 8.  Additional Border Patrol Agents.  Subject to available appropriations, the Secretary, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall take all appropriate action to hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents, and all appropriate action to ensure that such agents enter on duty and are assigned to duty stations as soon as is practicable.

Based on the above the President of the United States has by memorandum on the 22nd of January 2017 directed all executive agencies, excepting the military to freeze hiring.  Subsequently, on the 25th of January 2017, the President of the United States by Executive Order has directed the Secretary of Homeland Security through the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Commissioner of  U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire a total of 15,000 agents and officers, combined. 

Would such actions taken within  2 day period indicate to anyone other than myself that policy directives of the Office of the President are disjointed, or, there is a failure to recognize that governance by proclamation can result in such contradictions?  The agencies which have been directed to engage in additional hiring are agencies of the Executive branch.  According to the hiring freeze memorandum of 23 January 2017 the freeze is applicable across the board in the Executive branch.  Such conflict instructing managers always results in less or other than desired results. 

1. A presidential memorandum is a type of executive instrument typically issued by the President of the United States to manage and govern the actions, practices and policies of the various departments and agencies found under the executive branch of the United States government.
2. Executive Order, A presidential policy directive that implements or interprets a federal statute, a constitutional provision, or a treaty.

So, whaduyathink?