Posted on 08/14/2013 8:26:15 PM PDT by montag813
Above: Acting ICE Director John Sandweg was a political hack for Big Sis when she was
Arizona Governor. Now she has hand-picked him to replace John Morton at ICE.
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by John Hill
Stand With Arizona
Former ICE Director John Morton was the worst in history, undermining law enforcement against illegal aliens with his infamous "memos" that gutted the rule of law and provided administrative amnesty for at least 2 million illegal aliens.
Morton resigned last week. But unfortunately, Obama's new appointee to replace him looks even worse.
John Sandweg, 38, who was recently named acting director of ICE, is a former criminal defense attorney who represented accused and convicted murderers, sex offenders and pedophiles and fought for the release of violent convicted offenders -- a background critics say makes him a less than ideal choice to lead the federal government's second-largest law enforcement agency.
And worse, Sandweg - tapped to run one of the nation's largest enforcement units - has absolutely no law enforcement experience.
According to FoxNews, a former Obama administration official said news of Sandweg’s installation as acting director was met with disgust and disbelief within parts of DHS.
“He has zero law enforcement experience and he [is running] our country’s second-largest law enforcement agency -- and that’s a real job, it’s not a figure-head position,” the former official said.Sandweg worked between 2002 and 2009 defending violent criminals in Arizona, and helping then-governor and outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano raise campaign funds. Congressional critics have already blasted Sandweg's credentials, with one calling him “in no way qualified” and his appointment the latest example of Napolitano's "blatant politicization" of the agency.
"I am deeply disappointed by this appointment and believe it is disrespectful to the thousands of dedicated professionals at ICE who are working tirelessly to enforce our laws and provide for our security," said Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, who chairs the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. "I urge the administration to re-think this appointment and promptly appoint a qualified, confirmable applicant for this essential post."
ICE is the main investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for enforcement of immigration law. As acting director, Sandweg oversees more than 20,000 employees in offices in all 50 states and 47 foreign countries.
Sandweg’s previous career as an Arizona lawyer showed a history of fighting for the release of violent convicted criminals, including one who pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up an airplane, as well as multiple sex offenders.
Other clients, according to court and other public records, included a man convicted of strangling his ex-girlfriend in front of her 4-year-old child; people convicted of possessing child pornography and a man accused of nearly a dozen counts of sexual assault of a minor.
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Where do Hussein’s bosses find this cast of character?
We’re living in Potterville and there will be no rescue by an angel.
From within the bathhouses of the seamier parts of town. From the closets of the gayer law firms.
What can people do when the executive branch refuses to enforce the laws?
Is there no legal recourse?
I have been thinking the same thing for a while now.
Impeachment File on Communist, Benghazi Coward “B. Hussein Obama,” formerly known as Barry Soetoro, currently a Legal Citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.
Well since the gutless Boehner and the spineless McConnell can’t seem to find a remedy I guess not.
38 years old and is handed a position like this. Just goes to show that being connected is all that matters.
I am amazed Obama did not put one of his dreamers in charge of ice.
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