More on Immigration Choice
Wednesday September 28, 2005
The Palm Beach Post has weighed in on the White House nomination of an "unqualified" candidate -- Julie Myers, 36 -- to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Part of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE has 20,000 employees and a $4 billion budget. I wrote about this last week. Myers
is also DHS Chief Chertoff’s chief of staff’s wife daughter-in-law.
The San Francisco Chronicle calls for Bush to withdraw her nomination, noting that the Agency's importance was highlighted yesterday by a report that "more illegal immigrants entered the United States last year than legal ones."
A report scheduled for release next month recommends that DHS merge ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with 35,000 employees. DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner cautioned that maintaining the current separate structure "would likely. . . exacerbate operational and informational stovepipes that are now only emerging." Chertoff and Myers oppose the merger.
CBP Chief Robert C. Bonner announced today that he will resign in November.
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The head of ICE is required by statute to have at least five years of experience in both law enforcement and management.She has no management experience.
The San Francisco Chronicle calls for Bush to withdraw her nomination, noting that the Agency's importance was highlighted yesterday by a report that "more illegal immigrants entered the United States last year than legal ones."
A report scheduled for release next month recommends that DHS merge ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with 35,000 employees. DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner cautioned that maintaining the current separate structure "would likely. . . exacerbate operational and informational stovepipes that are now only emerging." Chertoff and Myers oppose the merger.
CBP Chief Robert C. Bonner announced today that he will resign in November.
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DHS, Immigration, Politics