Posted on 11/06/2008 12:42:25 PM PST by BGHater
Wasting little time after the election before jumping ship, Julie L. Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave the Bush administration on Nov. 15, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announcement today.
Myers, 39, did not say if she planned to re-enter private practice after 12 years in government, but ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said, "She is very passionate about these [immigration] issues and will carry that passion into future endeavors."
Myers, a niece of former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Richard B. Myers, served as Chertoff's chief of staff when he headed the Justice Department's criminal division. She rejoined Chertoff in 2006 and helped oversee ICE during the Bush administration's failed immigration overhaul push. Her tenure began rockily, as concerns about her youth and lack of previous executive and immigration experience led senators to delay her confirmation, forcing Bush to use a recess appointment to install her. She was finally confirmed by the Senate last December.
More recently, Myers was accused by Democrats of misleading Congress after photographs emerged of Myers at a 2007 Halloween office party honoring a white employee dressed as an escaped prisoner with dreadlocks and makeup that made him look African American or Hispanic. ICE runs the nation's 33,000-bed immigration detention system. Myers subsequently apologized for leaving "a negative impression" of ICE's respect for the people it detains.
Myers has presided over a dramatic increase in enforcement activities and spending at the $5 billion agency, setting records for three fiscal years in arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal records and those violating administrative deportation orders. Actual deportations also soared to record levels during her tenure.
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That *is* news.
She has presided over a persecution of agents who did their jobs. Buh-bye.
“Myers, a niece of former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Richard B. Myers...”
Nice work, if your father can get it for you.
I’m thinking Ayers is in line for Chertoff’s job at Homeland Security. It’s either Ayers or Farrakhan. Will be fascinating to see who gets it/s.
“with dreadlocks and makeup that made HIM look,,,”
WaPo can’t seem to figure out if Julie is a man or a woman. Am I reading that correctly?
the exodus begins...
I didn’t realize the Bush administration had a head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Someone should check her timecard.
Does this mean that I can finally take off this stupid sombrero that Bush has made me wear for the last eight years?
I thought that was a school teacher.
And while I am posting; what exactly is it that Miss Myers did for immigration besides look the other way?
You read it wrong ... white employee.
Don’t worry. The Obama Administration is just around the corner, and you’ll have something else to complain about.
Apologize.
Nothing gets done, but they sure can apologize.
‘Myers subsequently apologized for leaving “a negative impression” of ICE’s respect for the people it detains.’
party honoring a white employee dressed as an escaped prisoner with dreadlocks and makeup that made him look African American or Hispanic.
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The honoree is dressed up
Once again the a-holes run down Bush and what he did
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From the article:
setting records for three fiscal years in arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal records and those violating administrative deportation orders. Actual deportations also soared to record levels during her tenure.
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So I hope you all will be happy with the job Obama is gonna do
I was thinking the same thing earlier today—Ayers in charge of Obama’s DHS.
Tony Rezko can be in charge of Housing & Urban Development.
I know. It’s so whimpy because we know they don’t mean it.
We are going to get rid of these traitors.
Thanks for noticing - while I’m a contractor to them, we’re doing the best we can under the circumstances.
And in all fairness, her resignation is something that’s been in the works for a couple months.
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