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Another contested nomination.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
NATIONAL REVIEW's opposition to Julie Myers, the president's nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security, seems to me fatally marred by sins of both commission and omission ("The Week," Oct. 24). Full disclosure: Julie and I worked together in the office of Kenneth Starr's independent counsel, but the points below are all a matter of public record.
"On the matter of immigration law," NR declares, "she has no experience at all." Wrong. As an assistant U.S. attorney, she worked with the Immigration and Naturalization Service on a number of-yes-immigration cases. While serving in the Bush administration she also enforced border-security laws as head of the Export Enforcement Agency (specifically, the export of sensitive technology) and as a Treasury Department official (money laundering by terrorists). NR's editorial omits this experience. It also fails to mention that Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff wants her for the job; she ...
- Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Officers Sued for Constitutional...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 3, 2008 700+ words
...constitutional violations reaches senior federal officials, including the head of ICE, Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Julie Myers, who knew about the practice and allowed it to continue. The complaint also seeks to hold responsible local...
- Raids Mark New Homeland Security Strategy.(IFCO Systems North America, Inc)
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing April 26, 2006 700+ words
...the Department of Homeland Security's multi-year...recently announced by Homeland Security will target companies...enforcement efforts. Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary...company." Further, Homeland Security Secretary Michael...
- DHS will not make employers use E-Verify.(HR News)(United States. Department of...
- Magazine article from: HRMagazine Smith, J.J. June 1, 2008 700+ words
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not force employers to use the E-Verify work...comprehensive immigration reform, said DHS Assistant Secretary Julie Myers, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...
- Pinkertons at DHS: are immigration busts undermining U.S. labor law?(United...
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Frank, T.A. May 1, 2008 700+ words
...received campaign backing from Hardage, obliged. On February 21, 2007, the congressman sent a letter to the head of ICE, Julie Myers, asking her to investigate the legal status of employees of Woodfin and other businesses in Emeryville. Later that year...
- Group alleges profiling: It will tell the Justice Department about reported...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) August 26, 2007 700+ words
...demonstrate that any claims of racial profiling are invalid. A senior executive of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Julie Myers, was in Tulsa to announce that 31 sheriff's employees and seven law enforcement officers from other jurisdictions...
- Lawyers battle for Swift workers detained in illegal immigration sting.
- Newspaper article from: Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX) December 20, 2006 700+ words
...raid. The suit names as defendants the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland Security, Julie Myers, an assistant secretary of the department and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. The lawsuit alleges ICE officers...
- Family of Lawful Permanent Residents Joins Immigration Raids Suit.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 22, 2008 700+ words
...constitutional violations reaches senior federal officials, including the head of ICE, Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Julie Myers. "The Chavez home raid presents yet another example of the inaccuracy and lack of training associated with...
- Restraining order in illegal immigration raid denied.
- Newspaper article from: Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...The lawsuit names as defendants the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland Security, Julie Myers, an assistant secretary of the department and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. The lawsuit alleges that ICE...