Lawsuit alleging 'frat house' at ICE moves into settlement talks after official quits

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Lawsuit alleging 'frat house' at ICE moves into settlement talks after official quits

The federal government is moving into settlement talks with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement official whose allegations of discrimination, retaliation and lewd behavior led to the resignation of a top official in the agency.

James Hayes, head of the New York ICE office, sued Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano earlier this year, claiming he was shoved aside in favor of female employees and then punished when he complained. He also accused then-ICE Chief of Staff Suzanne Barr of running a “frat-house”-style agency.

His claims, coupled with those of other employees who submitted affidavits in the case, led to Barr’s resignation last weekend.

Court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday show that the case has been referred to a magistrate judge for “settlement purposes,” while the lawsuit itself was put on hold. The deadline on the talks was set for Nov. 2.

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"Big SIS" Napolitano shpould be the next to go. The settlement should also be completed with her resignation and a sizeable sum of compensation for the men who had to put up with that harrassment.

The agency is not fighting this lawsuit. It is all true.