Assistant Secretary Julie Myers, who is the top official of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, apologized today after an attendee at a Halloween party she co-hosted came to the party dressed in an “immigration detainee costume”, that is, in a striped prison uniform, dreadlocks, and allegedly, skin bronzer.  Ms. Myers awarded the person who wore the costume, later confirmed to be an ICE employee, a prize for “most original costume”.  After attendees and others pointed out that the costume was offensive, lacking in taste, and could potentially be taken as racist, Asst. Sec. 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.”

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