The administration’s contempt for whistleblowers was on full display in its treatment of a brave ICE agent who took a stand for our country’s immigration laws.
Thinking she was doing the responsible thing by going to Congress to voice her complaints, the Department of Homeland Security unceremoniously dismissed ICE Special Agent Taylor Johnson. Her dismissal comes in the wake of revelations that the department was leaking information to newspapers to tarnish Johnson’s image.
DHS’ conduct must have been extremely bad for them to not only do that, but to also offer her a $100,000 severance package, provided she did not discuss her case publicly any further. Disgusted by the offer, Johnson flatly rejected it and plans to continue speaking out against what she saw at ICE.
A veteran agency employee, Johnson was up on her way in the world when she incurred the wrath of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid by opposing a foreign-backed visa program. Since then, she has been hounded by administrative hassling that culminated in her dismissal this week.
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Johnson’s troubles began back in 2013, when she uncovered visa applicants from countries like China, Russia and Pakistan were being admitted into the US with little to no attempt to verify their trustworthiness. Being a model agent with many awards and no disciplinary issues, she aimed to solve the problem. But things took a turn for the worst when she crossed paths with one Cory Reid, son of the senator from Nevada.
“Despite all the media coverage of her case, including a Washington Gadflyreport that the ICE press secretary with the approval of Breasseale was peddling confidential information to discredit her in violation of the Privacy Act, Taylor is not surprised she got the boot.
‘My entire chain of command was appointed by Obama,’ she remarked. ‘They can do anything they want.’
In testimony last June to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Johnson said she was stripped of her gun and badge, without explanation, after discovering fraud and abuse.
‘Some of the violations investigated surrounding the project included bank and wire fraud, and I discovered ties to organized crime and high-ranking politicians and they received promotions that appeared to facilitate the program,’ Johnson testified.
She said that during her investigation in 2013, she ‘discovered that EB-5 applicants from China, Russia, Pakistan, Malaysia had been approved in as little as 16 days’ and that case files ‘lacked the basic and necessary law enforcement queries.’
At ICE, Johnson had amassed many awards and never had any disciplinary problems. But everything changed abruptly in 2013 when she invoked the ire of Senator Reid by holding up a visas for a foreigner investor in a Las Vegas casino represented by his son, attorney Cory Reid.
The Senator’s office complained to Johnson’s Special Agent in Charge. She was then placed on administrative leave, without explanation, on October 13, 2013.”
Source: Daily Caller
Well take heart, most of the time when bullets fly, UN troops lose.
Bring them, much easier to kill them than Americans on many levels and I will torture and mutilate any I capture with not a single thought of mercy.
I totally, honestly believe that.
Every time one goes to attempt to be a witness or messenger to them they always speak, Vow their premeditated perfectionist Imperialistic agendas plot of WE need Mental Health?
Well I’m not reality running around making threats or Ignorance arrogantly killing the Entire world.
Corruption and bullying right from the very top…can u guess who?
As well as how in their HELL your Priceless professional advertising advocacy NOT COMPREHEND or KNOW the Supreme Court Justice was KILLED?
You actually TRUST these people?
YOU CANNOT protect anyone, NOT even willing to attempt to, NOT even yourselves?
Wy am I not surprised by her revelations. and the revenge.
It has begun.
Treason is a hanging offense time to get some federal trash on a rope.
oBama’s$#%&!@*!!!!
ICE is Immigration & Customs Enforcement. I hate it when I have to look up the names of these alphabet agencies.
What can you expect from a crooked Adm. ran by a Traitor. !!!