Power Line reported yesterday:
"Two days ago, the Washington Times reported that the union that represents rank-and-file field agents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unanimously passed a "vote of no confidence" for the agency's leadership. The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 7,000 ICE agents and employees, stated that ICE has "abandoned" its core mission of protecting the public to support a political agenda favoring amnesty. The vote, by the Union's Council, was 259-0."
Aside from the fact that the mainstream media has not bothered to report on this, what does it mean? The union denounced John Morton, head of the ICE, and Phyllis Coven, an assistant director in the office of detention policy and planning. The union stated that public safety and the integrity of the agency would be better served without these two people. The article lists a number of problems the unions have with the way that immigration law is currently being enforced (or not).
The article concludes:
"The Obama administration has been touting the fact that deportations of illegal aliens have increased by about 10 percent over what they were under President Bush. But according to the union, illegal immigrants now being held in state and local jails seek out ICE agents for deportation to avoid prosecution, conviction and prison terms. Criminal aliens, it says, "openly brag" that they are taking advantage of a broken immigration system and will be back in the United States within days to commit crimes -- while U.S. citizens arrested for the same offenses serve prison sentences."
I recently heard a speaker list the things that bring unity and security to a country. They were--a common culture, a common language, and secure borders. I can't remember who the speaker was, but I agree with him and believe that secure borders are a matter of national security as well as the preservation of the country.
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