Apology from agency head for costume - Yahoo! News

Apology from agency head for costume - Yahoo! News: "Julie Myers, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, offered the mea culpa in a letter to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. The senator had asked Myers to answer several questions about the costume worn to a charity fundraiser at the agency's headquarters. The employee wore dreadlocks, dark makeup and prison stripes. Myers and two other managers awarded him 'most original costume' and Myers posed for a photo with him. 'Although I was not aware at the time of the contest that the employee disguised his skin color, I believe that it was inappropriate for me to recognize any individual wearing an escaped prisoner costume,' Myers said. Myers' agency is responsible for arresting and jailing immigrants in the United States. Myers apologized last week to headquarters employees after receiving complaints about the costume. But she only apologized at the time for the presence of costumes that some employees found inappropriate and offensive."