James Schwab, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, resigned last week because he no longer could stomach the lies being told.
When Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf warned the residents of Oakland that an ICE raid was forthcoming, ICE’s deputy director, Thomas D. Homan said that the warning had helped “864 criminal aliens and public safety threats” evade capture.
This was echoed by Jeff Sessions, who claimed that the Mayor’s action’s had allowed hundreds to escape. Then Trump weighed in, saying almost a thousand dangerous criminals escaped capture.
Mr. Schwab stated,”I just couldn’t bear the burden–continuing on as a representative of the agency and charged with upholding integrity, knowing that information was false.” Schwab said in his 16 years in government service, he had never been asked to lie before this.
For a full discussion of Mr. Schwab’s resignation, see Jonah Engel Bromwich, “Protesting ‘Falsehoods,’ A Spokesman for ICE Quits,” New York Times, (Mar. 14, 2018), p. A11.
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