U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is probing allegations that a supervisor during work time tried to recruit fellow employees to attend private sex parties at his home.
According to NBC News, ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack confirmed that the federal agency has launched an internal misconduct investigation after a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune publicized the accusation about a supervisor in San Diego recruiting employees for "private sexual ‘swinger’ parties."
The Tribune reported:
The accusation of "gross sexual misconduct" was made in a complaint submitted to the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year. ... It says that employees at the ICE Enforcement Removal Operations office in downtown San Diego have been approached during work hours to participate in the parties held at the home of a supervisor in the office along with his wife, who is also an agent.The complaint says the recruitment has been going on for more than a year, and alleges the practice is coercive of subordinate employees and an abuse of authority.
Mack emphasized in a statement that the government agency takes the accusation "seriously."
"The agency takes all allegations of misconduct seriously," she stated. "The matter you reference has been referred to ICE Homeland Security Investigations Office of Professional Responsibility for further investigation. That inquiry is ongoing and, as such, we are unable to offer further comment at this time."