Homeland Security Vs. ICE Semantics & Kansas City La Migra Debate

There was an interesting debate this week about ICE vs. Homeland Security and the COMPLETELY OVERBLOWN raid of a taco joint.

TKC didn't participate much in the feud over agencies because it seemed like a distinction without a difference. 

For the record: 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created in 2003 pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

Formed by the merger of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government. Its primary responsibility is the identification and elimination of border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security vulnerabilities. 

Just wanted to share the documentation because a great many trolls are trying to distract from the main discussion with a sideshow debate over uniform badges. 

MORE IMPORTANTLY . . .  

Today we notice newspaper "reporting" attempting to question the recent smallish bust at the aforementioned taco stand . . . 

The search warrant, signed by a federal judge, authorized agents to seize documents “relating to harboring, human smuggling, or labor exploitation.” The warrant did not name any individuals who were to be arrested. “I have real concerns that they may have been using a search warrant as a broader pretext to make arrests that would not be within the scope of that warrant,” said Mark Fleming, associate director of litigation at the National Immigrant Justice Center.

In a statement issued Friday afternoon, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that “ICE was carrying out a criminal federal search warrant to rescue victims of human trafficking.” McLaughlin did not answer questions from The Star about whom agents arrested and on what grounds, but she did make a point to condemn individuals who showed up to the restaurant and filmed agents arresting the employees. “Extremists and activists, one with their child in tow, tried to interfere with law enforcement by storming the restaurant, calling law enforcement Nazis, and attempting to keep officers from leaving the scene,” she said. “Unfortunately, these types of smears and obstruction to law enforcement operations are becoming more and more common.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

ICE had warrant for documents at KC-area restaurants. Why'd they arrest people?

Immigration authorities say the KC-area El Toro Loco ICE raid was related to human trafficking. Advocates say the search warrant didn't authorize arrests.