ICE Mandatory Retirement Age=Bad Idea

It is a good thing that because of the growing illegals’ perception

That they will find themselves the target of ICE interceptions

So the number of crossings at the border is at an historic low and continuing to fall

Better yet the House has tightened the screws and appropriated almost $2 billion as a down payment for the wall

But before popping the champagne corks and raising glasses to toast

We have another example of why when it comes to efficiency, government we need to roast

ICE has a shortage of agents due to retirement and Trump’s demand to enforce the law

Yet agents who want to stay employed are subject to a mandatory retirement age flaw

At 57 no matter your skills or mental or physical condition you are out the door

No matter how many drugs you have seized or illegals caught your worth is to be ignored

In the private sector if a person with many years of experience continued to perform well

The last thing you would want to do would be to force him or her to ring the retirement bell

More likely than not in that case you would be sued for discrimination

Sent to the purgatory of never ending litigation damnation

If we are serious about draining the sanctuary cities’ illegal alien swamp

Where illegals especially criminals think they can roam free and on residents stomp

We need more ICE agents not less

Enforcement of mandatory retirement ages we should suppress

© July 27, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet 

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