By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
The exodus continues.
Michael J. Garcia, the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, becomes the latest U.S. attorney to call it quits.
Gracia, who had been U.S. Attorney since 2005, announced Monday that he’ll step down Dec. 1. Deputy U.S. Atty. Lev L. Dassin, 43, will become the acting U.S. Attorney.
Garcia, 47, served as an Assistant United States Attorney
in the Southern District of New York from 1992 to 2001, according to the office announcement.
He later served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Export Enforcement and then as Acting
Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service.
He was later named the Department of Homeland
Security’s first Assistant Secretary of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In September 2005, he
became the U.S. Attorney where he oversaw a number of high profile cases.
