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The nomination of Julie L. Myers "just doesn't pass the smell test and is another indication that this administration created the Department of Homeland Security as window dressing and does not care whether ICE is successful," said Matthew Issman, national legislative vice president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA).
What we need are no unions and an abolishment of the IRS to shift thier positions over to immigration.
(But what do a few old dried up career border patrol agents know, anyhow?)
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President Bush's nominee (Julie L. Myers) to head U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has drawn the ire of several ICE supervisors and agents who say she is "unqualified" because she has never held a law-enforcement management position.
I really don't want to agree but the nomination of Julie L. Myers is simply ridiculous.
Didn't Myers handle export enforcement after 9/11?
That may have not been law enforcement management but it sounds like it was management of law enforcement.
Part of what is going on is that she is young and female and Dems want a follow up to Brown at FEMA.
What's the difference, since we don't enforce the immigration laws anyway. Bozo The Clown can run ICE.
Export Enforcement’s responsibilities in protecting our national security are substantial. If confirmed, it will be my privilege to work with the career law enforcement officials within BIS – special agents, intelligence analysts and other key enforcement leadership - to fulfill our national security and law enforcement mission.
To me, that sounds like an appropriate job to get promoted from.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Either GWBush is out of the loop or this is his way of saying screw you to those who want our immigration laws enforced.
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