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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is shown in this file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Biden administration abolishes ICE labor union

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's officers are shown in this July 2019 file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

EXCLUSIVE: ICE officers demand freedom from AFL-CIO over mismanagement, ‘defund the police’ stance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 25, 2018, file photo, a woman, who would not identify herself, hangs a sign at a protest camp on property outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

ICE officers demand Portland mayor apologize for ‘Occupy ICE’ chaos

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions from reporters following a closed-door GOP meeting on immigration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Ryan says compromise legislation is in the works on immigration that has an &quot;actual chance at making law and solving this problem.&quot; The Wisconsin Republican gave an upbeat assessment to reporters after brokering a deal between party factions on a process to consider rival GOP immigration plans to protect young &quot;Dreamer&quot; immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ICE officers’ union blasts ‘Ryan amnesty’ plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The national council that represents 7,500 employees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not withdrawing its support from President Trump, but a letter sent to the White House on Friday says the path he is taking in immigration negotiations undercuts the security promises he made on the campaign trail. (Associated Press/File)

ICE agents slam Donald Trump’s immigration plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee during a series of early-morning raids on March 3, 2015, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump calls ICE union chief after complaints of betrayal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This file photo taken July 28, 2010, shows a group of illegal immigrants waiting in line while being deported to Mexico at the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Immigration agents say border security deal not good enough

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody on March 30, 2012, as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif. (Associated Press)

GOP lawmakers want Obama to hear out head of ICE union

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector headquarters on Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

Labor union chief calls immigration bill dangerous, sees agency as ‘approval machine’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New Jersey take a person into custody on March 28, 2012, during Operation Cross Check III. (Associated Press/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) **FILE**

Immigration officer: Congress heeded illegal immigrants, not law enforcement

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A road lined with vehicle barriers marking the U.S-Mexico border in New Mexico is the spartan territory for Border Patrol agents. (Associated Press)

Agents fear immigration deal won’t stop illegal border crossers

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas, left; Jessica Vaughan, second from left, director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies; America Online co-founder and Revolution Chief Executive Officer Steve Case, center; Chris Crane, second from right, president of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118 of the American Federation of Government Employees; and Janet Murguía, right, president and chief executive officer of the National Council of La Raza, are sworn in before testifying on comprehensive immigration reform during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

ICE agent Chris Crane admits law limiting welfare for immigrants not enforced

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif., on March 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

EXCLUSIVE: Immigration agents demand seat at Obama’s talks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

ICE agents want a say in immigration talks Union sends letter to White House

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Nick Thomas, 53, of Phoenix holds a sign thanking President Obama at the Arizona Democratic Party in Phoenix on June 15, 2012, after the president announced the easing of enforcement of immigration laws, effective immediately. The new policy offers a chance for hundreds of thousands of younger illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S. and work. (Associated Press/The Arizona Republic)

Immigration agents sue to stop Obama’s non-deportation policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times