Let me say hair, dat mr. Hayes he be a good man, I know cuz we graduate from Parc University, you know the other poison ivy school. Hayes he gots some smarts and I see it when do his homework online… Hayes make good monee cuz he gotz an edumication. I hope mr Hayes he come to school soon and get a masters diploma, he a funny man. Y yoo all talk so bad about my boy?

Shepherds Pie on August 12, 2012 at 10:41 am

Regarding this comment and all other similar comments:

“There is no way a white male can win in this agency, so, what to do? Many I know are now putting in requests for outside employment to open up retail business, do motivational speaking, etc and taking $$$ out of their TSPs to do it. Why? because they know there is no reasonable hope for them of promotion or career development – they are stuck, Stuck, STUCK, and they know the cavalry is not coming to save them.”

The latest average wage index for the United States, reported by the Social Security Administration, is $41,673.83 per year.

The average salary of a special agent at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reported by glassdoor.com, is $109,220.

If you aren’t happy working for ICE and feel you’re entitled to more money/a higher position, leave.

A lot of people in the U.S. would like to earn your pay…and would be disgusted with your sense of entitlement.

Please Grow Up on August 13, 2012 at 11:26 am

Just Grow Up:

I appreciate your sense of altruism, but please spare me your disingenuous BS.

People are pragmatic, and do and will act in their own best interest – this includes you.

In a time of no COLAs, no promotions, increasing health insurance premiums, etc., the only thing that matters is family and caring for them and their future. No one is going to stand by and watch their hard work be ignored. Many agents are very smart and driven people and, if the economy didn’t suck, these same people taking $$$ out of their TSPs may already be in the private sector (and still may leave government if the economy improves sufficiently enough). That said, all that will be left in HSI 5, 10, 15 years from now are the otherwise unemployable (cartons and buffoons).

Your self-righteous indignation may work with others, but I don’t buy it, not for a microsecond.

StillShakingMyHead on August 13, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Sorry for the auto-correct: cartons should read crooks.

StillShakingMyHead on August 13, 2012 at 3:57 pm

@ Belugajedi, yes, got laid and an SES, good deal when you can get it. JT and Hayes’s boy. Was he ever an AFOD at least?

thetruthiscoming on August 14, 2012 at 1:42 pm

LMFAO!!!!! ICE is a total shitbag of a wannabe agency. There’s a lot more asswipes that belong on that list going all the way to the beltway.

Karma f**kin’ bites, doesn’t it!?

IceNoMore on August 14, 2012 at 8:57 pm

Congrats Debbie, you nailed it again before the MSM.

Mike in Dallas on August 15, 2012 at 11:38 am

Debbie,

I’m glad you pointed out that Hayes himself is not necessarily an innocent victim in all this. Just how bad this agency has gotten is that now it appears that even the corrupt officials are complaining about the corruption, that’s funny and sad.

By the way they still haven’t gotten to the bottom of the Woosley scandal… who put Woosly in place?

Doug Brown on August 15, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Jim Hayes was promoted well beyond his abilities and its ludicrious he is filing a law suit. He also has a history of being intolerant of lesbians as evidenced by his ugly speech and actions to several women in HQs who engaged in alternative lifestyles. But thanks to people like his buddy the sleezy JT he suffered no reprisals but was promoted. Last year he showed up in Madrid for an IPR conference which could have benefited a working agent as his only agenda was to go out tapas crawling with Morton who spends all his evenings drinking and pathetically trying to pick up women. The only leader with any remaining ethics and moral compass is Jim Dinkins but he also has succumbed to the tempation of promoting his boys. I used to think they would have to kick me out of legacy Customs, the minute I hit my 25 I was out of ICE.

Out the Door on August 15, 2012 at 8:49 pm

Poor James Hayes Jr. If memory serves me correctly, sir, you came OUT OF NOWHERE…working at the bottom floor of the old INS HQ building to being selected as the Field Office Director of the Los Angeles Field Office. Correct? What were your qualifications? How many people had you supervised at that point in your career? 10? 6? Yet, Mr. Torres selected you. The score sheet from that interview panel is widely available. Mr. Torres selected you even though you were ranked the 9th out of 9 candidates. Mr. Torres even ranked your knowledge of DRO as the lowest. Yet, you got the job. I guess that wasn’t a hostile work environment for you was it? What about the 8 DRO candidates that were passed over? Was that a hostile work environment for them? After causing nothing but havoc in that office…showing up at 1000 every morning because you were hung over…you were”’selected” for a detail in HQ by Mr. Torres. I think you racked up a record number of EEO complaints in Los Angeles. Great Job Jim. Getting out of Los Angeles just in the nick of time. You were detailed as the Acting Assistant Director for Enforcement for the old DRO program. While there, you orchestrated the demise of a well-seasoned DRO employee and had her removed shortly before the end of her Senior Executive Service probationary period. This employee, by the way, had been enticed to D.C. by none other than Mr. John Torres. After destroying her career, you set your sights on bigger and better things. At this point, I think, Mr. Torres realized that he had made a mistake but, he had created a monster. Your undeserved, meteoric rise continued. You announced your ascension to the Director of the DRO program sometime in October of 2008. Everyone was thrilled. Within 18 months, you had gone from a know-nothing, do-nothing legacy INS Special Agent to FOD of the Los Angeles Field Office to Director of DRO. Wow. What a genius you were. Your short reign over DRO is still known as the worst period in DRO/ERO history. A complete amateur put in place by his friend…John Torres. Hopefully, many of us will be subpoenaed. According to your lawsuit, less qualified people were brought in to replace you as DRO Director because you are a male. Really? When did that happen? The guy that replaced you, James Chaparro, had more qualifications as a boy scout than you will have in your entire lifetime. Hatred? Yes. We are all the hatred that you and Mr. Torres produced. Your troubles have just begun. James Hayes Jr., are you and Mr. Torres even capable of recalling the names of all of the many people you destroyed.?

JimHayesLovesJohnTorres on August 16, 2012 at 12:17 am

Awesome posts summing up what an hypocrisy it is for Hayes to claim he was shunted aside for someone less qualified. All he has done is to dress up a groundless complaint by tying his treatment to what appears to be the accurate claim of inappropriate behavior of the ICE CoS.

Please on August 16, 2012 at 1:59 am

I can’t really say that I have much sympathy for Mr. Hayes for the following reasons:

He seems to have had quite a meteoric rise in the agency from his beginnings as a BPA (probably GS5 or 7) in 1995 to a GS-15 only 10 years later. Having only about 2 or 3 years experience as a criminal investigator street agent in INS he subsequently became Special Agent In Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York.

Apparently, he began filing EEO complaints in May 2011 when he was not selected for the position of Special Agent In Charge Los Angeles and his lawsuit seems stem from that event.

While the allegations of favoritism and sexual harassment might very well be true, I wonder if any of these allegations are contained in his EEO filings.

Even if they are contained in the 2011 EEO complaint, why did it take so long. The reported events of discrimination and sexual harassment took place in 2009, some 3 years ago. If this GS-15 Manager had really been offended by that activity, why did he not take appropriate action at that time to report and curtail the activity.

I might be a little cynical, but in my opinion Mr. Hayes was probably perfectly fine with things as they were until he didn’t get the position he wanted.

This is of course just my opinion, and you know what the old adage says about opinions. I’m just glad that I retired prior to the formation of the HSI/CBP monstrosity.

Nigel Brooks (my real name) on August 16, 2012 at 11:50 am

Poor James Hayes Jr. If memory serves me correctly, sir, you came OUR OF NOWHERE…working at the bottom floor of the old INS HQ building to being selected as the Field Office Director of the Los Angeles Field Office. Correct? What were your qualifications? How many people had you supervised at that point in your career? 10? 6? Yet, Mr. Torres selected you. The score sheet from that interview panel is widely available. Mr. Torres selected you even though you were ranked the 9th out of 9 candidates. Mr. Torres even ranked your knowledge of DRO as the lowest. Yet, you got the job. I guess that wasn’t a hostile work environment for you was it? What about the 8 DRO candidates that were passed over? Was that a hostile work environment for them? After causing nothing but havoc in that office…showing up at 1000 every morning because you were hung over…you were”’selected” for a detail in HQ by Mr. Torres. I think you racked up a record number of EEO complaints in Los Angeles. Great Job Jim. Getting out of Los Angeles just in the nick of time. You were detailed as the Acting Assistant Director for Enforcement for the old DRO program. While there, you orchestrated the demise of a well-seasoned DRO employee and had her removed shortly before the end of her Senior Executive Service probationary period. This employee, by the way, had been enticed to D.C. by none other than Mr. John Torres. After destroying her career, you set your sights on bigger and better things. At this point, I think, Mr. Torres realized that he had made a mistake but, he had created a monster. Your undeserved, meteoric rise continued. You announced your ascension to the Director of the DRO program sometime in October of 2008. Everyone was thrilled. Within 18 months, you had gone from a no-nothing, do-nothing legacy INS Special Agent to FOD of the Los Angeles Field Office to Director of DRO. Wow. What a genius you were. Your short reign over DRO is still known as the worst period in DRO/ERO history. A complete amateur put in place by his friend…John Torres. Hopefully, many of us will be subpoenaed. According to your lawsuit, less qualified people were brought in to replace you as DRO Director because you are a male. Really? When did that happen? The guy that replaced you, James Chaparro, had more qualifications as a boy scout than you will have in your entire lifetime. Hatred? Yes. We are all the hatred that you and Mr. Torres produced. Your troubles have just begun. James Hayes Jr., are you and Mr. Torres even capable of recalling the names of all of the many people you destroyed.?

I can’t really say that I have much sympathy for Mr. Hayes for the following reasons:

He seems to have had quite a meteoric rise in the agency from his beginnings as a BPA (probably GS5 or 7) in 1995 to a GS-15 only 10 years later. Having only about 2 or 3 years experience as a criminal investigator street agent in INS he subsequently became Special Agent In Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York.

Apparently, he began filing EEO complaints in May 2011 when he was not selected for the position of Special Agent In Charge Los Angeles and his lawsuit seems stem from that event.

While the allegations of favoritism and sexual harassment might very well be true, I wonder if any of these allegations are contained in his EEO filings.

Even if they are contained in the 2011 EEO complaint, why did it take so long. The reported events of discrimination and sexual harassment took place in 2009, some 3 years ago. If this GS-15 Manager had really been offended by that activity, why did he not take appropriate action at that time to report and curtail the activity.

I might be a little cynical, but in my opinion Mr. Hayes was probably perfectly fine with things as they were until he didn’t get the position he wanted.

This is of course just my opinion, and you know what the old adage says about opinions. I’m just glad that I retired prior to the formation of the HSI/CBP monstrosity.

Facts, only the Facts. on August 17, 2012 at 12:35 am

This type of conduct is disgraceful and illegal. Unfortunately, such outlandish behavior runs rampant throughout the law enforcement community. Take a look at this behavior: http://www.thesandersfirmpc.com/2012/08/15/nypd-cop-files-suit-for-30m-alleging-sexual-harassment/

Eric Sanders on August 17, 2012 at 5:04 am

Hey Eric Sanders, aren’t you the ambulance chasing “lawyer” who loves to see his name in the New York press for cashing in on EEO cases nvolving the NYPD?

Hmmm on August 20, 2012 at 11:46 pm

Wow, that “Lesbionic Woman” graphic is incredibly bigoted. It’s not clever, you are just bigoted.

teetop on August 22, 2012 at 3:09 am

This is one the reasons I left DHS/Customs and Border Protection. It harbours a culture that is rooted in a high-school mentality and immature behavior. An inordinately high percentage of DHS staff is composed of 20-something year olds who hold positions they are unqualified for, and who lack the experience and maturity to conduct themselves in a professional manner. This immature youth-culture is pervasive throughout all of DHS, and it appears to be promoted by management throughout all the component organizations to the detriment of older, seasoned career professionals, law enforcement and otherwise. This is why DHS is still viewed as an illegitimate “facade” agency. It tries to give itself the appearance of doing valuable security work, when in fact it is merely a directionless playground of the immature who pretend to be “security” experts and secret squirrels. It’s really a big joke.

P. T. Mills on August 22, 2012 at 12:31 pm

Are you kidding? You hav eto be kidding…thank you for being honest. I am stunned by Mr. Hayes’ accustaions when he specifically promoted those who were his friends and in fact promised them promotions to supervisory positions before the announcement if they left D.C. with him and went to NY. These were his subpordinates….severa levels down, but he still promoted them over those their senior….and in every case, his tendency to promote was a a caucasian male. Just take a look at the amount of nominees available for him to promote during his tenure and break it down by race, gender and see what he did.

wannasaysomething on August 23, 2012 at 6:31 pm

I am disgusted by the way these holier than thou bureaucrats carry on. CXBP has been harassing me for over a year, sending me every time I have flown into the US from another country since July 2011 for secondary searches. I’ve missed scores of planes, lost a girlfriend, etc. I have never been arrested for anything. Recently they’ve taken to stopping my small boat returning from the Bahamas for hours-long searches intended to intimidate. I cannot believe this is the United States. I’ve hired 2 different lawyers who have achieved absolutely no improvement in treatment for me. I am seriously considering relocating to another country. This can’t be the US of A, can it? What can be done about this stuff?

Floridaboater on September 13, 2012 at 9:48 pm

I have had the misfortune of crossing paths with this pervert and misoynist JT Hayes. He is lewd, depraved and his word on any matter is worth less than the scum on my shoe.

H. Carlisle on October 23, 2012 at 10:02 am

I happened upon this site when I realized my cousin who I haven’t been in contact with in many years was named as a top ICE official. Imagine my dismay to read this site and the homophobic, racist, comments by supposed former ICE agents. As a former federal government employee, these posts are disgrace to the thousands of hard working individuals who do not engage in this type of distasteful banter, especially those in law enforcement. What does Napolitano’s or Morton’s sexuality have to do with anything except a need to bash people personally because you cannot formulate legitimate arguments about the true issues at hand… Morton, Dinkins and others certainly need our support instead of the rants of disgrunted former employees. Whenever I read these types of homophobic and racist rants like those featured on this site, I realize how scary it is that people like you were once in government, or still are, let alone carrying a weapon. I am sure if you disagree with me, you can say I am a pro Islamic lesbian and that will make it all ok.

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