New Orleans The Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) started taking a hard look at whether the controversial 287g program of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency almost from the day President Obama took office. This program subcontracts enforcement of immigration laws to local city and county police and sheriff’s departments …
Month: April 2010
ACORN all over but the Shouting
New Orleans A piece in the New York Times on Saturday by Ian Urbina was totally confusing. The headline said: “ACORN Says It Continues Its Work.” The story indicated a “letter,” or whatever you call an email that looks like a letter, was going out to everyone on the email list and all of us …
Budget Cuts Mean Worker Cutbacks
Little Rock I saw Joe Fox for a minute as I left his Community Bakery on Main Street with the remains of the last cup of coffee of the day. He kidded me about having expected to see me on my “annual Good Friday tour.” I joked that if anyone was following me, it was …