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I worked for ICE under Biden. Even I'm taken aback by immigration changes under Trump — and sad to see federal workers being vilified.
Business Insider via msn ^ | March 3, 2025 | Charissa Cheong

Posted on 03/03/2025 7:20:22 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Deborah Fleischaker worked for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE under President Biden.

Fleischaker witnessed the Trump administration make changes to immigration guidelines she worked on.

She said she's feels that federal workers are being vilified and finds it sad to watch.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with 52-year-old Deborah Fleischaker, from Washington, D.C. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

On election night, I knew I was out of a job.

I'd been working for the Department of Homeland Security as a political appointee under the Biden administration. I was hopeful about staying in my position under a Harris administration, but when Trump was elected, there was no question I was going to be leaving in January.

Political appointees serve at the direction of the president, and I didn't think President Donald Trump would ask me to stay on, or that I would stay on if asked.

I've always appreciated working for the underdog. I took my first job at the DHS in 2011. It was a departure from my background in nonprofits — I enjoyed trying to support both the system and the people in it......

The Trump administration has rescinded a policy I was particularly proud of

I'm particularly proud of the guardrails around enforcement I worked on at ICE, such as the sensitive locations policy. It made me sad to see it reversed in the first week of the Trump administration.

I feel that previous administrations were able to enforce immigration laws with the policy in place. I don't think making people scared to go to the local police, hospitals, or schools is good for communities. Since the guidelines were rescinded, there have been reports of school attendance dropping among immigrant communities.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: buhbye; charissacheong; civilservant; deborahfleischaker; deepstate; fired; haha; ice; itistolaugh; ngogrifter; usaid; usaidgrifter; wellbye
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Smart of Trump to get rid of this deep stater.
1 posted on 03/03/2025 7:20:22 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
I worked for ICE under Biden

Somebody should tell Charissa that Biden wasn't president.

Someone else was giving the orders.

2 posted on 03/03/2025 7:22:44 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

MSN and Business Insider are Globalist Liberal outlets


3 posted on 03/03/2025 7:22:52 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yup.

“”I took my first job at the DHS in 2011. It was a departure from my background in nonprofits “”


4 posted on 03/03/2025 7:23:35 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Federal workers are not being vilified.


5 posted on 03/03/2025 7:23:36 AM PST by ComputerGuy ( )
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“ I’ve always appreciated working for the underdog. I took my first job at the DHS in 2011. It was a departure from my background in nonprofits — I enjoyed trying to support both the system and the people in it......”

Another college girl grifter who has loved her life in so called non-profits and government. All people like her are is a drag on the mission. Just another parasite goes to an office, has coffee, goes to meetings, and makes pronouncements about protecting illegal aliens from ice.


6 posted on 03/03/2025 7:23:54 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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7 posted on 03/03/2025 7:24:44 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: shelterguy

8 posted on 03/03/2025 7:25:37 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“On election night, I knew I was out of a job.”

Why, because your make-work “job” that was never necessary or productive is soon to be exposed?


9 posted on 03/03/2025 7:26:32 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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“Even I”?


10 posted on 03/03/2025 7:26:45 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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I feel that previous administrations were able to enforce immigration laws with the policy in place
11 posted on 03/03/2025 7:27:11 AM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

BI=BS.


12 posted on 03/03/2025 7:27:19 AM PST by iamgalt
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I took my first job at the DHS in 2011. It was a departure from my background in nonprofits

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ahhh , an NGO Pro Grifter eh ?

it wasnt a permanent departure , more like a pass thru the revolving door between agency and ngo(s)

the tango has been exposed

for everyone to note the dance steps

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13 posted on 03/03/2025 7:27:41 AM PST by cuz1961
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

https://www.naco.org/people/deborah-fleischaker

Another east coast grifter. After leaving libtard colleges, she gets a USAID paycheck until they bring her into DHS. The entire time she’s worked against America and has torn the place down.

I hope sugar britches goes bankrupt and has to work at Starbucks.


14 posted on 03/03/2025 7:28:39 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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Somebody call the Waaaahmbulance.


15 posted on 03/03/2025 7:29:49 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: shelterguy

IF THEY WERE HIDING IN HER OWN HOME, WOULD SHE BE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR RESIDENCY???


16 posted on 03/03/2025 7:30:00 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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She wanted one big Welcome Center for New Democrat voters and welfare recipients.


17 posted on 03/03/2025 7:31:19 AM PST by grumpygresh ( Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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To: ComputerGuy

They have managed to do that to themselves with their own arrogance and contempt for the people they claim to work for.


18 posted on 03/03/2025 7:31:37 AM PST by sarge83
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To: Jeff Chandler

feel?


19 posted on 03/03/2025 7:31:41 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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20 posted on 03/03/2025 7:32:29 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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