Saturday, June 25, 2011

Controversy surrounds new Memo from ICE Director John Morton


On June 17, 2011 the ICE Director John Morton signed a new memo on exercise of prosecutorial discretion in arrests and removal of illegal aliens. Full text of the memo is here:

http://www.iceunion.org/download/283-284-mortons-prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf

However, on June 11, 2010, ICE Union leaders around the nation issued a unanimous no confidence vote in ICE Director John Morton on behalf of ICE officers, agents and employees nationwide citing gross mismanagement within the Agency as well as efforts within ICE to create backdoor
amnesty through agency policy.  The press release is here:

http://www.iceunion.org/download/286-287-press-release-pd-memo.pdf