You're Doing a Helluva Job, Julie

The employee who wore what some said was a racially insensitive Halloween costume to a party hosted by a top immigration official is being directed by the Homeland Security Department Secretary to take administrative leave. …

The employee wore a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up to the party hosted by Julie Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Myers was on a three-judge panel that originally praised the prisoner costume for “originality.”

After some employees complained, Myers apologized for “a few of the costumes,” calling them “inappropriate and offensive.” She said she and other senior managers “deeply regret that this happened,” an apology which would've been more sincere had she not been using her fingers to form air quotes when saying, “inappropriate and offensive” and “deeply regret”

A department photographer took a picture of Myers with the man, but the photograph or photographs, originally posted online, were deleted after it was determined the costume was offensive, ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said.

“It was unintentioned. The employee did not mean to offend although there were some employees that were rightfully offended by it,” Nantel said.

“You know which ones I'm talking about, right?” she said, before squatting and tossing a few gang signs. “The nappy ones?”



Well, it could've been worse. He could've gone as a Hurricane Katrina survivor.

All I'm saying is, the guy's not completely lacking in judgment.

Also, am I the only one bothered by the fact that she said, “a few of the costumes?”