06-23-2016, 12:01 AM
^ Here's an article with the details and background about what happened with Martin at the San Bernadino Immigration Office.
http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/201606...ter-attack
It sounds like terrible communication and lack of policy understanding between the various Department of Homeland Security divisions in a first-time situation.
Martin obviously didn't know what she could and couldn't do, calling superiors who later gave the DHS LE agents the same answers they'd given Martin when she called asking for advice. It reminds me of the lack of communication between agencies on 9 / 11, which is very concerning.
The San Bernadino office separated immigration processing from the immigration LE branch and put them in separate buildings last year. I don't know if there was a 'turf war' or just confusion about the separation of divisions. But, if the LE agents told her why they were there, they should have been given quick access after verification of their credentials by the HCS FPS contracted security guards.
Regardless, it sounds like Martin did lie during the investigation when she claimed she'd never told LE what she'd been told by superiors before the Washington field office finally gave the green light to allow access.
I agree that Martin should not have been given a promotion during the course of the investigation into her actions and especially after the Inspector General found she'd lied. That is bullshit, Maggot. She didn't stop the laws from being enforced and she did not bar Feds from a terror suspect as the Fox headline claims; he was not in the immigration building at all that day. But, it shouldn't have taken so long for that to be known by the DHS LE agents.
http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/201606...ter-attack
It sounds like terrible communication and lack of policy understanding between the various Department of Homeland Security divisions in a first-time situation.
Martin obviously didn't know what she could and couldn't do, calling superiors who later gave the DHS LE agents the same answers they'd given Martin when she called asking for advice. It reminds me of the lack of communication between agencies on 9 / 11, which is very concerning.
The San Bernadino office separated immigration processing from the immigration LE branch and put them in separate buildings last year. I don't know if there was a 'turf war' or just confusion about the separation of divisions. But, if the LE agents told her why they were there, they should have been given quick access after verification of their credentials by the HCS FPS contracted security guards.
Regardless, it sounds like Martin did lie during the investigation when she claimed she'd never told LE what she'd been told by superiors before the Washington field office finally gave the green light to allow access.
I agree that Martin should not have been given a promotion during the course of the investigation into her actions and especially after the Inspector General found she'd lied. That is bullshit, Maggot. She didn't stop the laws from being enforced and she did not bar Feds from a terror suspect as the Fox headline claims; he was not in the immigration building at all that day. But, it shouldn't have taken so long for that to be known by the DHS LE agents.