Immigration & Customs Enforcement Is So Toxic That The DHS's Investigative Wing Wants To Be Completely Separated From It

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ICE Is So Toxic That The DHS's Investigative Wing Is Asking To Be Completely Separated From It

4 January 2022

The Department of Homeland Security is trying to distance itself from its most toxic asset, the Washington Post reports: Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations say they have been kicked out of joint drug operations, shunned by local police departments and heckled at campus career fairs. Their parent agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, carries a stigma that is undermining their investigative work across the country, the agents said in an internal report. The agents say they face a backlash in liberal “sanctuary” jurisdictions where authorities strictly limit contact with ICE but also in some Republican-led states where politicians are ...

ICE Is So Toxic That The DHS's Investigative Wing Is Asking To Be Completely Separated From It

The Department of Homeland Security is trying to distance itself from its most toxic asset, the Washington Post reports: Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations say they have been kicked out of joint drug operations, shunned by...

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Background: The problem is DHS itself, not just ICE.


Worst Federal Worker Morale Spurs DHS Secretary to Make Changes

10 August 2021

• TSA workers get boost, with broader DHS efforts in progress
• Mayorkas pledges to create ‘department that they deserve’

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is seeking to make the Department of Homeland Security a better place to work, a formidable task at an agency with the worst morale in Washington. DHS has languished at the bottom of federal workplace rankings for years, and it faced further strain from repeated leadership shuffles during the Trump administration. Mayorkas took the reins in February, pledging to improve management and address employees’ needs. “How can we deliver to them the department that they deserve, as a place where they dedicate their talents and energy?” Mayorkas said in an Aug. 4 interview. Government officials and outside ...

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Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is seeking to make the Department of Homeland Security a better place to work, a formidable task at an agency with the worst morale in Washington.

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