Politics | Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE Agents Sue Over Obama's Immigration Edicts Their lawyer: a Romney adviser who helped craft Arizona's controversial law By Kevin Spak Posted Aug 24, 2012 8:35 AM CDT Copied An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent walks down the aisle of charter jet for deportation in the air between Chicago and Harlingen, Texas in this file photo. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) Ten Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents are suing their own agency over Obama administration orders to focus on dangerous illegal immigrants and to defer deportations on immigrants brought to the US as children. "We are federal law enforcement officers who are being ordered to break the law," the president of an ICE employees union tells USA Today. They're asking the courts to strike down the directives, and protect the agents from reprisal for bringing the suit. The agents will be represented by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped craft the controversial immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama. He is also, the AP reports, an informal adviser to Mitt Romney's campaign, and was on the committee to draft this year's official GOP platform. ICE wouldn't comment on the suit directly, but defended the administration's approach, saying that a record number of the immigrants deported last year had been convicted of other crimes. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error