ICE agent under investigation returns to job
Stuart Steers. Rocky Mountain News
Published February 15, 2007 at midnight
The federal immigration agent at the center of an ongoing investigation into allegations of illegal use of a government database has returned to work.
The case stems from last fall's race for governor. Republican candidate Bob Beauprez launched a series of TV attack ads alleging that Governor Bill Ritter had given plea bargains to illegal immigrant drug dealers when he was Denver district attorney. Much of the information for those ads apparently came from an FBI database that is supposed to be used only for law enforcement purposes.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Cory Voorhis has been investigated as a suspected source of the information. The U.S. Attorney in Wyoming, who is overseeing the case, is awaiting the conclusion of an investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the FBI before deciding whether to file criminal charges in the case.
Voorhis returned to work on Feb. 5. A spokesman for ICE said his is paid between $80,355 and $104,464 per year.
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