>Lawmakers don't have any actual power This is not true at all. Congress controls the purse. CBP can ignore all they want, but they would probably be more plia

>Lawmakers don't have any actual power This is not true at all. Congress controls the purse. CBP can ignore all they want, but they would probably be more pliable if they were not getting paid. Also "...all civil officers of the United States" can be removed directly by the Senate. In practice this is limited to heads of agencies at the lowest but that is just a practice, anyone executing federal power is applicable.