February 7, 2012.  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has appointed a public advocate to handle complaints and questions about its immigration enforcement policies. The appointment of Andrew Lorenzen-Strait, a senior adviser at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was announced Tuesday by ICE Director John Morton.

Morton said that the position was created to ensure that public and immigration advocates understand various changes being made within the department and what the changes mean for those immigrants being jailed by immigration authorities or those facing deportation. Lorenzen-Strait will also address concerns about ICE enforcement involving U.S. citizens. In recent months the Department of Homeland Security has announced changes in the way authorities determine which illegal immigrants are deported. Congressional Republicans have been vocally opposed to the changes, at times calling it “backdoor amnesty.”

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