LSC-CyFair Grads Intern With Immigration & Customs Enforcement

CYPRESS, TX — Three former Lone Star College-CyFair’s Criminal Justice students awill be interningt with the4 Department of Homeland Security's Immigratons and Customs Enforcment (ICE).

The former students, who are now pursuing their bachelor’s at Sam Houston State University, are gaining a new perspective on federal law enforcement careers.

Tiffany Rodriguez and Katie Porter-Waldrip, both first-time ICE interns, said they are interested in becoming a prosecutor and intelligence analyst, respectively.

“However, during my first few weeks as an intern with ICE, I have become more educated on the different departments within Homeland Security, and it has piqued my interest in hopefully becoming a special agent,” said Rodriguez. Porter-Waldrip said “I feel like this experience will give me the chance to explore different careers and help me choose which one I would like to pursue.”

Gisselle Fanini, who also interned at ICE last year, is looking at a career with Homeland Security Investigations as an Intelligence Research Specialist or Special Agent.

In addition to learning how the agency’s administrative side works, she’s now getting more involved in the special agent side.

“I’m hoping that this internship will provide a more in-depth view of agent life, so that I may be more well informed on the different career choices,” said Fanini.

All three say LSC-CyFair Professor Jennifer Bourgeois’s passion, encouragement and guidance beyond teaching in the classroom, was motivation in pursuing their Criminal Justice academic and career goals.

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