Posted on 08/04/2010 4:21:57 PM PDT by Qbert
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents believe overwhelmingly that their department leadership has become so politicized as to compromise the effectiveness of ICE and the safety of American people. Their union has released a letter announcing its recent unanimous “vote of no confidence” in ICE agency heads, accusing them of “misleading the American public” regarding illegal immigration in order to further a pro-amnesty agenda.
In June, the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council — an AFL-CIO affiliate — and affiliated local councils cast a unanimous 259-0 vote of no confidence in ICE Director John Morton and Assistant Director Phyllis Coven. In a letter announcing the vote, the National Council criticized the directors for “misguided and reckless initiatives,” and said their leaders have “abandoned the Agency’s core mission of enforcing United States immigration laws and providing for public safety, and have instead directed their attention to campaigning for policies and programs related to amnesty.”
Janice Kephart at the Center for Immigration Studies has the letter, which includes several biting indictments of ICE failures by ICE agents. For instance:
Senior ICE leadership dedicates more time to campaigning for immigration reforms aimed at large scale amnesty legislation, than advising the American public and Federal lawmakers on the severity of the illegal immigration problem, and the need for more manpower and resources within the ICE ERO to address it. ICE ERO is currently overwhelmed by the massive criminal alien problem in the United States resulting in the large-scale release of criminals back into local communities.
Kind of puts the Arizona illegal immigration enforcement in perspective, doesn’t it?
While ICE reports internally that more than 90 percent of ICE detainees are first encountered in jails after they are arrested by local police for criminal charges, ICE senior leadership misrepresents this information publicly in order to portray ICE detainees as being non-criminal in nature to support the Administration’s position on amnesty and relaxed security at ICE detention facilities.
The majority of ICE ERO Officers are prohibited from making street arrests or enforcing United States immigration laws outside of the institutional (jail) setting. This has effectively created “amnesty through policy” for anyone illegally in the United States who has not been arrested by another agency for a criminal violation.
Good to know.
This is truly amazing! Talk about your smoking gun. I hope FNC takes this up and pounds the heck out of it!
“This is truly amazing! Talk about your smoking gun. I hope FNC takes this up and pounds the heck out of it!”
Totally agree! (I had to re-read the article a bunch of times because I thought I was imagining things...)
I wish DeMint would round up any other good congress people he knows of and stage a capital steps event on the basis of this information. It is big and it needs a LOT of air time. If Steele were a decent spokesman, he’d go on every news show that would have him and beat this issue like a drum. But oh well.
If this is NOT a condemnation of the Leadership responsible for the fiasco of a Border we have then nothing is.
Borders create Nations. A nation without a border is not a Nation. It is a TERRITORY RIPE FOR INVASION.
History is replete with nations unable/unwilling to enforce its border. They also don’t last long with that policy.
FUBO. Time for the people of this Nation to throw the current leadership out on its ass, including the resident in the White House, for treason to the United States of America.
Tar and feathers is the cure for this disease.
“Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents believe overwhelmingly that their department leadership has become so politicized as to compromise the effectiveness of ICE and the safety of American people.” -—— And they are absolutely correct in believing such.
The the National Border Patrol Council did the same with Chief David Aguilar a few years ago.
OMG! A union which has members that remember what they are hired to do, and representatives who will back them.
I do believe that the worm is turning.
I also heard on Glenn Beck this morning that the Farm Workers Union has come out against the SEIU and their violent methods.
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Help Texas watch her borders.
Watch live on 14 cameras and report illegal alien invaders.
Night cams in operation
http://www.blueservo.net/index.php?error=nlg
Does it work? Yes.
Recently caught on cam and reported:
String of illegals running through brush with backpacks
Numerous sightings of boats crossing the river
Numerous vehicles late at night in isolated areas
IMMENSELY satisfying.
Just one big media outlets...show this.
Just one big media outlets...show this.
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