BREAKING: the head of asylum for USCIS, John Lafferty, is leaving the job September 10, per email sent to USCIS employees.

Honestly, a lot of people were expecting a bigger shakeup along the chain of officials overseeing asylum as soon as… https://t.co/fg3Oin89KS

To be clear: Lafferty is being "reassigned" to be deputy director of a "service center" — basically a USCIS field o… https://t.co/WLPA8Jfyvs

Replacing Lafferty (as "acting," but under this admin who knows when "acting" just means "indefinite") is the curre… https://t.co/ZdL6Vq9W6f

@DLind Andrew Davidson is a serious career professional with yrs of experience w/the refugee program before joining… https://t.co/Z3Txt6s2ov

.@blstrack: FYI, @DLind blocked me over repeatedly showing her wrong. #Vox is basically just a GE front that pushes the Big Biz/Koch/NeoLiberal line (loose borders, free trade, globalism). Vox helps delude libs into being Big Biz stooges. http://24ahead.com/s/dara-lind