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ICE Official Who Said Detention Was "More Like Summer Camp" Will Now Lead The Agency
Only the best right? Only the best. Let's be smart about the terrible person nomination to lead ICE.
The Trump administration has tapped Matthew Albence to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the wake of the sudden resignation of its former leader. Albence.... has risen quickly under the administration.... with the type of hardline approach that Trump may appreciate.
A former senior ICE official said of Albence: “He’s definitely enforcement minded and has long been working on making deportation officers more efficient and more effective at enforcing the immigration laws in the interior. It’s hard to imagine what’s tougher than what Nielsen and Vitiello were doing, but assuming there is such a thing, Matt is certainly up to the task.”
Trump, well really Stephen Miller, found someone to run ICE who is a true believer like them in harming immigrants to the maximum.
As he rose under the Trump administration, he played a role in shaping policy. Albence wrote a memo in February 2017 that ordered immigration officers to take action against all undocumented immigrants that they come across....
Albence became better known after his appearance on Capitol Hill on July 31 during which he said that family detention centers were best described as "more like a summer camp," to the shock of some advocates and politicians.
One former senior official who worked with Albence said, "The joke was, 'Matt never met an undocumented immigrant that he wouldn’t deport.' That’s his M.O. If you’re here impermissibly, it’s time for you to go. There’s no need for discretion...."
Trump being in power means people like Miller and Albence in power. The destruction is real.