Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant

The author of a controversial memo telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” and instead focus on reform and retraining is a former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official who for the last seven months has worked for WestExec Advisors, a secretive Washington, D.C., shadow lobbyist that counts as clients major government contractors in the defense and surveillance industry.

In an interview with the Prospect, Blas Nuñez-Neto would not say who his clients are at WestExec Advisors...