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| INS head to quit. Good riddance... |
| 2002-08-17 |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service chief James W. Ziglar announced his resignation yesterday, saying he would leave the embattled agency by year's end. G'bye. See ya. Toodle-ooh. Auf widersehen. Sayonara. (Is he gone yet?) ''Although I could not have imagined the events of Sept. 11 and the dramatic changes visited upon the Immigration and Naturalization Service, I have done my best to continue making progress toward the goals of restructuring the agency and reducing backlogs while responding to the call to arms in the war on terrorism,'' Ziglar said in his resignation letter to President Bush, which was dated Thursday. Okay. Need help with the door? Don't worry about your stuff. We'll mail it to you... The INS would be either absorbed or dismembered under various plans for a new Department of Homeland Security. Dismemberment sounds appropriate... Ziglar told Bush that he will remain to assist with the transition to a new department. Ziglar said he plans to go into the "No, no. That's okay. We'll handle it without you..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |