WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressional hopeful Julie T. Le, a former government attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has announced her candidacy, vowing to reform the very immigration system she previously characterized as a 'disaster.' Le, who reportedly told a judge she was 'overwhelmed' by the caseload during the previous administration's crackdown, now claims this firsthand experience makes her uniquely qualified to untangle the bureaucratic knots she helped tie.

“My time at ICE gave me an unparalleled view of the system’s failures,” Le stated in a campaign release, carefully omitting that her role involved enforcing the policies that led to said failures. “Who better to fix a broken faucet than the person who installed the faulty plumbing?”

Political analyst Dr. Evelyn Reed commented, “It’s a bold strategy. Typically, one might distance themselves from the chaos they were instrumental in creating. But in modern politics, admitting you were part of the problem, then immediately offering yourself as the solution, is apparently a viable path to power.”

Le’s campaign website highlights her 'intimate knowledge' of the system, which sources close to her confirm includes knowing exactly which forms were the most tedious to process and which coffee machine was always broken. She is expected to release a detailed plan for reform, which insiders speculate will involve hiring more lawyers and possibly a better coffee machine.