Despite criticism from advocates for immigrants, federal immigration officials said in recent days that they would not forswear the practice of impersonating occupational safety officials to round up illegal immigrants. Lawyers for several labor and immigrant groups said that they were dismayed that when they met with officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Jan. 30, the officials refused to rule out again using a safety-related ruse to lure immigrant workers.
See "U.S. Officials Defend Ploys to Catch Immigrants", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, February 12, 2006