On the border in Arizona. March 2004.
Bill King [1] ( no relation ) : “Bill was a patriot and loved this country. He served in the U. S. Army from 1946-1949 and the U. S. Coast Guard from 1951-1953. In 1957 he joined the U.S. Border Patrol and began 27 years of an illustrious progression through the ranks of the Border Patrol. He worked in locations from Calais, Maine, to San Diego, Calif., and points in between.
Bill was the director of the U. S. Border Patrol Academy and the acting director of the Immigration Officer Academy at FLETC in Glynco, Ga., from 1977-1978. From 1978 until his retirement in 1984 he was the Chief Patrol Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol in El Centro, Calif. After retirement, he served as the Venue Security Manager for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee.
In 1985 he commenced an additional five year stint with the federal government with his appointment by President Ronald Reagan as the regional director of the Western Region’s Legalization Program. In this capacity he was responsible for 37 legalization offices that implemented the provisions of the program, which allowed illegal alien amnesty applicants to obtain lawful permanent residence in the United States. Bill and his associates are credited with assisting more than 1.7 million illegal resident aliens to achieve lawful permanent resident status in the United States during this program.
After 1990 he served in various positions as a consultant, manager, or vice president in matters related to immigration with the Alan C. Nelson Foundation, the Ezell Group, Inc., Applied Technology Associates, Inc. and other private firms.
Bill was the recipient of many awards, including the INS Commissioner’s Distinguished Career Service Award, and he was the nominee for the Department of Justice Federal Executive of the Year and the Congressional Excalibur Award. He was recognized by the Attorney General for his outstanding leadership and his contributions to the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s receipt of the National Service Award.”
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