U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the Obama administration have repeatedly said this summer that the agency is on track to meet its stated goal -- or what its budget allows for: to remove about 400,000 people from the country this year.
John Morton
Immigrant advocates want ICE chief out following CIR/Washington Post report
Immigrant advocates pushing for reform of the nation's immigration laws have called on the White House to replace John Morton, the administration's top immigration official.
The call came the day after Morton, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, convened a meeting at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C. after a CIR/Washington Post story March 27 disclosed agency memos and other documents setting quotas to deport more illegal immigrants.
ICE responds to CIR/Washington Post story on deportation quotas
Responding to a Washington Post/CIR story about government quotas to deport more illegal immigrants, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement distanced the agency from a memo sent last month by a top deportation official.
Special Mexico adviser to top ICE official on meteoric rise
Who is Tracey Bardorf?
John Morton, the assistant secretary for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, last summer brought on the relatively young former federal prosecutor to be his special adviser for Mexico and border matters.
