A candidate for the post of Director of ICE Trump has called the administration "heartless" for having forced him out: report

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump calls on Republicans to be "united" against abortion Tlaib calls Amash to join the impeachment resolution Facebook temporarily suspended conservative commentator Candace Owens MOREThe candidate for the position of Head of Immigration and Customs (ICE) had already criticized his dismissal at the head of the Border Patrol in 2017, calling it "cruel and devoid of any dignity," reported Axios Sunday. .

In January 2017, e-mails acquired by Axios, then in the United States. Border Patrol Leader Mark Morgan told Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol Kevin McAleenan, who is currently Secretary of Homeland Security, that the government was asking him to leave immediately "heartless and without any decency or compassion. "

In other emails, Morgan wrote to McAleenan: "I am being suppressed in the name of politics – and politics at its worst. I will not make them believe that I left voluntarily in these circumstances "and" This is wrong on many levels. I have several questions but I have to deal with some more. "

No official reason was given for the removal of Morgan at the time, nor mentioned in the emails, but the National Border Patrol Council, the Border Patrol Union, called it little experienced for the job. Morgan was the first border patrol leader to have been appointed to this position without ever having worked as a Border Patrol Officer.

A familiar source told Axios that union president Brandon Judd had asked President Trump to remove him from office in January 2017. Since Trump's appointment as head of Morgan, Judd has been more appreciative, telling Politico that his experience with the FBI made him good. choice.

Morgan himself spent the two years since he was fired praising Trump's Border Patrol policy on television and in Congressional testimony, and endorsing DHS for McAleenan, informing Fox. after the secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenThe Acting DHS Secretary threatened to resign after clashes with Miller: Trump report wants the border wall to be black, sharp: report A former DHS official has blocked Trump's plan to stop thousands of migrants before being ousted: reportThe resignation that McAleenan was "very smart".

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.