Leader of U.S. immigration agency pledges to punish employers of illegal immigrants

Despite opposition on Capitol Hill, Shawnee native Julie Myers recently won the U.S. Senate’s approval to continue leading the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

The Kansas City Star talked Thursday with Myers about her plans for the agency in 2008.

In her two years leading the agency, Myers has won kudos for increasing deportations of illegal immigrants.

But she also was criticized by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, for not pressing forward with more criminal investigations of people who employ illegal immigrants. Myers’ actions at an agency Halloween party, where she praised the originality of an ICE worker’s costume of dreadlocks, jail outfit and face makeup, also angered McCaskill and other senators.

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Leader of U.S. immigration agency pledges to punish employers of illegal immigrants
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