By Michael Sheridan
Thursday, August 12th 2010
The head of the nation's Immigration and Customs Enforcement says "no" to amnesty, despite a union's claim to the contrary.
Director John Morton denies the Obama administration favors giving amnesty to illegal immigrants, and says his agency is doing all it can to deport those who have entered this country illegally.
"The President doesn't support amnesty, the [Secretary of Homeland Security] doesn't support amnesty, I don't support amnesty," Morton told Neil Cavuto on FOX Business Network Wednesday night.
The dust-up over amnesty began with an 11-page memo that leaked recently, suggesting the administration would move to authorize a sweeping legalization of illegal aliens.
The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents thousands of ICE field agents, voted unanimously last week in favor of a "vote of no confidence" in Morton and his leadership as a result of the memo.
The union feared the ICE chief had "abandoned the Agency's core mission of enforcing United States Immigration Law and providing for public safety, and have instead directed their attention to campaigning for programs and policies related to amnesty," union president Chris Crane said in a statement.
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"There is no administration in the history of this country that has removed more people from the United States," Morton said.
Full article here.
(Posted by Alice Bynum.)
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