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Reading The Morton Memo Federal Priorities And Prosecutorial Discretion, Shoba Wadhia
Reading The Morton Memo Federal Priorities And Prosecutorial Discretion, Shoba Wadhia
Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
On June 30, 2010, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), John Morton, issued a memo to the agency that reflected the Obama administration’s oft repeated intent to focus removal efforts on serious offenders. Morton noted: In light of the large number of administrative violations the agency is charged with addressing and the limited enforcement resources the agency has available, ICE must prioritize the use of its enforcement personnel, detention space, and removal resources to ensure that the removals the agency does conduct promote the agency's highest enforcement priorities, namely national security, public safety, and border security. …