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…
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 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement known as ICE has an image problem. So ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton plans to “re-brand”, realign its duties and emphasize criminal investigations over immigrant deportations, the Washington Post is reporting. “By streamlining and renaming several offices, officials hope to highlight the agency’s…
