Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE Director John Morton, who oversaw a spike in immigrant deportations, announced he’s leaving the agency, UPI reports. Morton, who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in May 2009, said he plans to leave the agency at the end of July. “I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished together during…
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 WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Tuesday the arrests of 678 suspected gang members and associates, many with alleged ties to drug organizations around the world from Mexico to South America and Asia. Dubbed “Project Southern Tempest”, ICE and and Homeland Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said investigators targeted 168…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton on Tuesday vowed to go after the gunmen who fatally shot ICE agent Jaime J. Zapata and wounded agent Victor Avila in an ambush along a road in Mexico last week. “Together, the United States and Mexico will bring the long, hard arm of…
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 — 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…
Quotas open the door for people to question motives of law enforcement. Are agents just making arrests to fill quotas? By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today (Monday) that he has ended quotas on a controversial program designed to go after illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation…
