Michael W. Cutler, Senior Special Agent, INS (Ret.)
Michael Cutler graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in February 1971 with a B.A. in Communications Arts and Sciences and is a retired Senior Special Agent of the former INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service).
He began his 30 year career in 1971 as an Immigration Inspector, served as an Adjudications Officer and, in 1975, became a Special Agent. He rotated through every squad in the Investigations Branch of the INS in New York City. In 1988 he became the first INS agent to be assigned to the Unified Intelligence Division of the DEA and in 1991 was promoted to the position of Senior Special Agent and assigned to the Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) where he worked closely with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies including the DEA, FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and with law enforcement agencies of other countries including Israel, Canada, Great Britain and Japan.
Mr. Cutler provided testimony to the 9/11 Commission, has testified before well over a dozen Congressional hearings in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and has additionally testified at state and city legislative hearings conducted across the United States frequently providing his unique experience and fact-based perspectives on the nexus between immigration and a variety of issues, with particular emphasis on public safety, criminal justice and national security.
One of the highest profile congressional hearings at which he has testified was conducted by the House Immigration Subcommittee on March 19, 2002 on the topic, “INS'S March 2002 Notification Of Approval Of Change Of Status For Pilot Training For Terrorist Hijackers Mohammed Atta And Marwan Al-Shehhi.” That hearing can be viewed in its entirety on the C-SPAN video.
He also provides expert witness testimony at trials where immigration is at issue.
He has appeared on numerous national television programs on NewsmaxTV, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Newsmax-TV, One America News Network, i24 News, and other television networks and on numerous radio programs.
Mr. Cutler has appeared in a number of documentaries and is a much sought-after speaker who participates in panel discussions and debates on the various aspects of the immigration issue on college campuses and other venues across the United States.
His articles have appeared on the FrontPage Magazine website and has, over the years, written articles and commentaries for a variety of other websites
His website is http://michaelcutler.net/
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