I guess that means I won't be able to visit my friends in the US for the foreseeable future. That's incredibly sad, but at some point you just got to take a stance and make a decision. Several lines have been crossed, and for me personally that's just one too many.

Dear American friends: only you can fix this horrible mess. Go and vote.

@fribbledom Directives like this are set at the discretion of the agency. They don't get voted on.

@drwho

Of course. You do vote for the people who are in charge and supervising that agency though.

@fribbledom "Supervising."

Agencies' directors are in charge, and in theory responsible for the policies the govvies under them set, but in practice it's really hard to get them to do anything about any of those policies. The govvies "above" the directors stay hands-off.