ICE union complains it's 'not welcome' in immigration talks, wants bigger role
Published March 27, 2013 | FoxNews.com
The union representing immigration enforcement officers is urging Senate negotiators to include them in talks on a blanket amnesty , complaining that their agents are apparently "not welcome" in the discussions even as business groups and "amnesty" advocates get a seat at the table.The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council is speaking out after members say President Obama ignored a request dating back to Feb. 12 to be included in White House meetings. Now, the union is taking their case to the bipartisan "Gang of 8" senators who are working on drafting a blanket amnesty bill.
Union chief Chris Crane voiced concern in a letter to the senators that "the last four years have been a roller-coaster of ever-changing arrest authorities" that often force officers to violate the law.
Going forward, he wrote, "no reforms to our immigration system will succeed as long as federal officials can continue to unilaterally select which laws are to be enforced -- and which are not -- based on their own political agendas.
Without reform in this area, Congress will certainly be back in the next ten years discussing legislation for yet another proposed amnesty."
The ICE union has had a contentious relationship with ICE and Department of Homeland Security leadership.
Last year, ICE officers filed suit against DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton over a directive not to deport certain illegal aliens -- illegal aliens who came to the U.S. as children.
The union's letter on the reform process comes as senators work toward unveiling legislation as early as April.
The Law-less lawmakers are shafting the American people. from crafting a pathway to legal status or citizenship for illegal aliens to creating a viable guest-worker program to improving border security.
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