DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Updated 10:34 PM EDT, Sat April 5, 2025


CNN — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is expected to take aim at the Department of Homeland Security in the coming days, seeking potentially major cuts to personnel across its agencies, including the US Secret Service, multiple sources tell CNN.

DHS is bracing for what could amount to significant layoffs, four sources familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to speak freely told CNN, though no final decisions have been made, and the ultimate scale and scope has not been set. This week, two of the sources said, there was back-and-forth negotiation and lobbying between DOGE, the White House, and Homeland Security leadership, with each of the department’s components expected to be impacted differently.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, is expected to be decimated, one of the sources said. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are also facing potential cuts, two of the sources said. A senior DHS official told CNN the department is “determined to eliminate government waste that has been happening for decades at the expense of the American taxpayer.

Across DHS, we will be eliminating non-mission critical positions and bureaucratic hurdles that undermine our mission to secure the homeland. Secretary Noem is determined to return DHS to its core mission of keeping America safe.” CNN has reached out to DHS and DOGE for comment. The Secret Service declined to comment.

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[Javaman]

1. I'm sure noamie is just fine with this.

her hourly wardrobe changes and her daily flights to nowhere will have to be put on hold.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Who is going to pay for Noem's botox, designer clothing/jewelry, plastic surgery, make-up, hair extensions?

And the expensive video teams who follow her everywhere?

[Katinfl]

3. They could start with cuts to his golf entourage.

The manpower it takes to protect him on the golf course is ridiculous.

[LiberalArkie]

4. Ahh, those trips are probably the only thing saving the U.S. Just pay for them with the White House budget money.

I am sure that Miller and others would be ok without receiving any pay.

[NH Ethylene]

5. I hope DOGE accidently fires all Trump's protection. Oops! n/t

[Rebl2]

6. They can

start by getting rid of trumps secret service agents and then cut the vice president’s secret service. Then cut secret service agents for trump’s family as well as Vance’s family.

[kimbutgar]

7. They're going to cut service protections for the four living ex presidents

They already cut services for President Biden’s family!

[tishaLA]

10. They'll eliminate Sasha and Malia's protection, too

And probably Jenna and Barbara Bush. "I am your retribution" and all that. What an asshole.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Per the law I cited

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3434779

Malia would have been older than 16 (she was 19) when their dad's term was up so would have probably not had any protection. Sasha was 15, IIRC, so would have had it until she turned 16 about 5 months later.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Although these criminals are breaking laws left and right, there IS a law that deals with Presidential Secret Service

It updated previous versions that had suddenly restricted Secret Service protection to 10 years post-Presidency and returned it to "life time" (including the spouse), but drops it for any children (post-Presidency) once they hit age 16.

H.R.6620 - Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012

Public Law 112-257
112th Congress

An Act



To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate certain limitations
on the length of Secret Service Protection for former Presidents and for
the children of former Presidents.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Former Presidents Protection Act of
2012''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON THE LENGTH OF SECRET
SERVICE PROTECTION FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS AND
FOR THE CHILDREN OF FORMER PRESIDENTS.

(a) Former Presidents.--Section 3056(a)(3) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``unless the former President did
not'' and all that follows through ``warrant such protection''.

(b) Children of Former Presidents.--Section 3056(a)(4) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``for a period'' and all that
follows through ``comes first''.

Approved January 10, 2013.

[kimbutgar]

14. Who's to say the orange Hitler won't do one of his "executive orders" and ignore this law and remove

Their protection. Who’s going to stop him?

[BumRushDaShow]

15. That's why I had added

"they are breaking laws left and right".

And if he did it, it would go to court and would be stayed.

How it will get enforced will be determined by how the SCOTUS handles the first-up case they have of his violative "birthright" E.O., and what happens after that.

[Martin68]

8. I would love to see DOGE decimate the Secret Service and leave Trump out to dry.

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. For someone so well-loved, he has a shocking amount of protection.

Why does he need any?

[joanbarnes]

11. We need to start screaming "open borders!"

[cstanleytech]

16. I'm in favor of a needs based secret service protection for the president by their income level.

One where if they have the money that they can damn well stop being a deadbeat like Trump.

[ToxMarz]

17. Cutting the Secret Sevice is all good and well

until someone gets 'sorta shot in the ear'.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. "until someone gets 'sorta shot in the ear'"

"Grazed" was more like it.