By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A new leader has been named to the nation’s largest uniformed federal law enforcement agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reports the website AllGov.com. David V. Aguilar has been named the head of the agency. The move came after after Senate Republicans refused to hold a hearing on President Barack Obama’s…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Feds are pushing back on the state of Alabama. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division warned 156 local law enforcement agencies they could lose their federal funding if they fail to comply with federal civil rights laws while enforcing the state’s harsh immigration laws, according to Talking Points Memo. “As…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A letter from Senator Charles Grassley representing a group of 14 Senators is asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to reconsider a policy to end routine traffic checks of buses, trains and other vehicles for illegal aliens along the United State’s northern border. “News of the lessened security will only entice…
Janice Kephart is the Director of National Security Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. Janice Kephart Security DeBrief On June 23, 2011, a press release was issued by the union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees stating that ICE “Union leaders around the nation issued a unanimous no confidence vote in ICE Director…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds are investigating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Miami for allegedly taking more than $100,000 in bribes from a confidential government informant, the Sun-Sentinel reported. The bribes were allegedly paid to ICE agent Juan Martinez for “temporary parole” immigration status for Colombians and others. The status allowed them…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Who leaked the info on President Obama’s aunt’s immigration status days before the 2008 election campaign? Well, according to the website Talking Points Memo, the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility still wants to know. The Office of Professional Responsibility still has an “ongoing law enforcement investigation”, Freedom of Information…
William Coonce worked for the DEA for 29 years and was special agent in charge of the Detroit Division from 1987 to 1993. By William Coonce For ticklethewire.com TUCSON — Subsequent to my retirement from the DEA in 1993, I was hired by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department in Tucson, Arizona to be the Deputy…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A leak to the media prompted an immigration judge to grant asylum to President Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango who lives in Boston public housing, the Boston Globe reported. The paper reported that the judge, Leonard I. Shapiro, ruled the asylum was granted because of an anonymous federal official in the Bush…
