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Nevilledog

(55,134 posts)
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 09:20 PM Jan 2021

ICE's Latest Leader Has Resigned After Just Two Weeks On The Job



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Hamed Aleaziz
@Haleaziz
BREAKING: The acting leader of ICE abruptly resigned on Wednesday, just two weeks into the job after the agency’s previous director also stepped down unexpectedly in December, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

More upheaval at DHS.

ICE's Latest Leader Has Resigned After Just Two Weeks On The Job
"We haven’t been bothering to learn the names of the political appointees for months now, anticipating that they will all be short-term," one ICE official said.
buzzfeednews.com
5:59 PM · Jan 13, 2021
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ICE's Latest Leader Has Resigned After Just Two Weeks On The Job (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2021 OP
He finally found the bathroom. halfulglas Jan 2021 #1
Pad the old CV with another title, then run away before Dump uses "your" agents in his next RockRaven Jan 2021 #2
abolish ice Takket Jan 2021 #3
This wretched police theater needs to end. hunter Jan 2021 #4
That clip is hilarious underpants Jan 2021 #6
Guess he did what he could to overthrow the government BlueIdaho Jan 2021 #5
THIS! 👆 nt. Dem2theMax Jan 2021 #8
The day after Trump goes to the border, new ICE head resigns? Nah, surely no connection. Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #7

RockRaven

(19,749 posts)
2. Pad the old CV with another title, then run away before Dump uses "your" agents in his next
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 09:26 PM
Jan 2021

coup attempt.

hunter

(40,852 posts)
4. This wretched police theater needs to end.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 09:30 PM
Jan 2021

"Homeland Security" was a bad idea straight out of the Nazi playbook.


Midnight Writer

(25,735 posts)
7. The day after Trump goes to the border, new ICE head resigns? Nah, surely no connection.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 10:08 PM
Jan 2021

Surely Trump is not pressing Federal Law Enforcement to do something crazy illegal.

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