New ICE Boss: Defense Attorney for Murderers and P

New ICE Boss: Defense Attorney for Murderers and Pedophiles, Zero Law Enforcement Experience

Above: Acting ICE Director John Sandweg was a political hack for Big Sis when she was Arizona Governor. Now she has hand-picked him to replace John Morton at ICE.

-

Former ICE Director John Morton was the worst in history, undermining law enforcement against illegal aliens with his infamous “memos” that gutted the rule of law and provided administrative amnesty for at least 2 million illegal aliens.

Morton resigned last week. But unfortunately, Obama’s new appointee to replace him looks even worse.

John Sandweg, 38, who was recently named acting director of ICE, is a former criminal defense attorney who represented accused and convicted murderers, sex offenders and pedophiles and fought for the release of violent convicted offenders — a background critics say makes him a less than ideal choice to lead the federal government’s second-largest law enforcement agency.

And worse, Sandweg – tapped to run one of the nation’s largest enforcement units – has absolutely  no law enforcement experience.

According to http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/14/de...2c0Hk9ix2" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/14/defended-murderers-and-pedophiles-new-ice-boss-background-called-into-question/" target="_blank"> FoxNews , a former Obama administration official said news of Sandweg’s installation as acting director was met with disgust and disbelief within parts of DHS.

“ He has zero law enforcement experience and he [is running] our country’s second-largest law enforcement agency — and that’s a real job, it’s not a figure-head position ,” the former official said.

Sandweg worked between 2002 and 2009 defending violent criminals in Arizona, and helping then-governor and outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano raise campaign funds. Congressional critics have already blasted Sandweg’s credentials, with one calling him “in no way qualified” and his appointment the latest example of Napolitano’s “blatant politicization” of the agency.

“I am deeply disappointed by this appointment and believe it is disrespectful to the thousands of dedicated professionals at ICE who are working tirelessly to enforce our laws and provide for our security,” said Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, who chairs the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. “I urge the administration to re-think this appointment and promptly appoint a qualified, confirmable applicant for this essential post.”

ICE is the main investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for enforcement of immigration law. As acting director,  Sandweg oversees more than 20,000 employees in offices in all 50 states and 47 foreign countries.

Sandweg’s previous  career as an Arizona lawyer showed a  history of fighting for the release of violent convicted criminals, including one who pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up an airplane, as well as multiple sex offenders .

Other clients, according to court and other public records, included a man convicted of strangling his ex-girlfriend in front of her 4-year-old child; people convicted of possessing child pornography and a man accused of nearly a dozen counts of sexual assault of a minor.

Sandweg argued in Arizona Supreme Court against a then newly-passed law that allowed certain accused violent offenders, including sex offenders, to be held without bail during trial, saying his client — an accused pedophile charged with having sex with a minor under the age of 15 — should be released.

Prior to his elevation to acting ICE Director, Sandweg held the position of chief of staff in the DHS Office of General Counsel, where he spent most of his time meeting with advocates for illegal aliens and strategizing with them on how to get illegal aliens “deferred action” to avid deportation. In 2011, he participated in the National Immigration Center’s  Low-Income Immigrants’ Rights Conference , where he sat on a panel called “Hoping for Change: Administrative Relief under the Obama Administration.”

So a former political crony of Big Sis in Arizona, a defense attorney who seemed to specialize in scum of the earth clients, and a DHS attorney who spent his time trying to prevent the enforcement of law against illegal aliens – is now leading the agency in charge of enforcing those laws against them.

In other words – a political appointee who has contempt for the rule of law. Sounds like Sandweg will fit right in with this corrupt Administration.