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Article: ICE reassigns agents to customs.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2007
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Byline: Sara A. Carter, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Immigration and Customs Enforcement criminal investigators will no longer be involved in immigration work site enforcement or conduct checks for illegal alien prisoners.
Almost 1,000 ICE Office of Investigations agents will be reassigned exclusively to customs investigations, reducing the manpower involved in detention and removal of illegal aliens to 4,000 nationwide, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times and interviews with ICE union representatives.
ICE officials refused to comment on the internal documents or clarify the number of investigators that are to be reassigned.
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