ICE Director Resigns, will Join Capitol One
ICE Director John Morton, announced his resignation June 17 in a memo to employees, according to news reports. Morton has been head of the agency since 2009, and said he plans to leave ICE in July to work at Capitol…
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One Financial Corporation. ICE did not comment. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said President Obama should “move quickly” to fill the ICE vacancy and other high-level positions in the Department of Homeland Security, including CBP commissioner. The agency has lacked a confirmed commissioner for more than four years; a DHS official recently indicated a nomination could be on the horizon (see 13061213). “Without leadership, DHS operations, accountability and morale will continue to suffer, and the many dedicated individuals within the Department deserve better from this Administration,” McCaul said in a statement (here).