Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Americans who have trouble getting prescriptions from doctors for narcotic medications often find no problem accessing the drugs from illicit online sites. It will be more difficulty under a crackdown led by ICE and the Department of Justice, which have seized 686 websites accused of selling fake or illegal drug over the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The frustrated family of a Border Patrol agent killed nearly two years ago along the Arizona-Mexico border said they want the truth about what happened, Fox 10 News reports. “If the truth comes out and they tell me the truth, I’ll be happy with that, but I don’t want to just sit there…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ICE official accused of sexual harassment, retaliation and lewd behavior is moving into settlement talks with the federal government, Fox News reports. Former Ice Chief of Staff Suzanne Barr, who resigned last week, has come under criticism from male employees who claimed she was running a “frat-house”-style agency. The deadline…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ICE agent whose house in Vermont was raided over firearms has retired as investigators continue to study the case, the Burlington Free Press reports. Special Agent Richard Bernholz stepped down from his federal job Friday, about 13 months after ATF seized more than 155 firearms from his home in Franklin County,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ten ICE officers filed a lawsuit in federal court last week in hopes of invalidating President Obama’s new initiative to defer the removal of 1.8 million young illegal immigrants who meet certain requirements for at least two years, according to the Heritage Foundation. The lawsuit claims the agents have been ordered…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three employees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have made sexual harassment complaints against a longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, new court records show, according to the Associated Press. The employees accuse Suzanne Barr, the agency’s chief of staff, of sexually harassing male subordinates. The complaints range from offering…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gender discrimination lawsuit has caused a sense of unrest and turmoil at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit, which accuses the agency of retaliation and choosing female employees over male employees, also says the agency’s chief of staff, Suzanne Barr, created a hostile, sexualized environment at…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE Chief of Staff Suzanne Barr is on leave while the agency investigates claims that she treated men poorly, the New York Daily News reports. Barr voluntarily placed herself on leave Tuesday, said ICE spokesman Brian Hale. New accusers are speaking out after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of ICE Special…
