Goodlatte: Shocking Allegations About ICE Leadership Need to Be Answered

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Winkowski regarding the shocking allegations made in a lawsuit filed by Patricia Vroom, an attorney at ICE with an exemplary 26-year career, in the U.S. District Court of Arizona. The complaint filed by Ms. Vroom alleges that a group of ICE supervisors bullied career attorneys to force compliance with the Obama Administration’s anti-enforcement policies and routinely told them to ignore the law and release certain criminal aliens. The complaint also claims numerous instances of abuse by ICE managers, including harassment, threats, insults, and other deplorable behavior.  

Chairman Goodlatte made the following statement on the lawsuit filed by Ms. Vroom:

“I am deeply concerned about the allegations in the complaint and the House Judiciary Committee will conduct aggressive oversight into these allegations. What is troubling is that several of the people named in the complaint are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws and implementing the President’s November 20, 2014, announcement which further curtails immigration enforcement.”

To read Chairman Goodlatte’s letter to Secretary Johnson and Acting Director Winkowski, click here. 

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