By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Secrecy surrounds a probe involving an illegal immigrant who killed a Virginia nun in a drunk driving incident. The Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security won’t release findings of a probe into the matter and why the immigrant went nearly two years without a deportation hearing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 300-page police report released Friday stated that 20 FBI agents and three others in law enforcement said they heard agents warn Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah to show his hands or they’d send in a police dog, the Detroit Free Press reported. The report backed the conclusion this week by the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former assistant special agent in charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California was arrested Friday on charges that he scammed the government by approving $582,000 in salary and benefits for his wife, who virtually did no work, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities said that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These have not been fun days for John Morton, who heads up U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The union representing ICE agents just issued a vote of “no confidence” for him. And on Tuesday, two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border sharply criticized him. The sheriffs, according to the Washington Times,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The union that represents field agents at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is giving the top management an icy “vote of no confidence”, the Washington Times reported. The paper reported that the rank and file vote was unanimous, and that agents say the leadership had “abandoned” its core…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A leak investigation involving a Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is stirring up controversy. The Washington Post reports that the union representing ICE agent claims the agency is harassing an agent suspected of leaking information about controversial quotas to the media. The American Federation of Government Employees National Council…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — FBI agents are supposed to unearth scams, not become victims of them. This time is different. Some 300 retired and current federal agents — representing the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — collectively invested tens of millions of dollars of retirement money…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — FBI agents are supposed to unearth scams, not become victims of them. This time is different. Up to 300 or so retired and current federal agents from the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), invested collectively tens of millions of dollars of…
