Though inspectors general are statutorily independent, their choice of targets to investigate may be influenced by partisans in Congress who press a timely case.
This Wednesday, following days of bumpy agency implementation of President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration and arrival of refugees, the Homeland Security Department inspector general announced that his office would “review DHS’ implementation of the recent executive order, ‘Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.’ ” The review is being initiated in response to congressional requests and whistleblower and hotline complaints, said a statement from watchdog John Roth.
