Investigations Division of the Central Region of the United States, Department of Homeland Security, managing anti-smuggling enforcement operations for 18 states in the central corridor of the U.S. His service commendations include the INS Commissioner's Award in 1997 and 1999, and a Sustained Superior Accomplishment recognition in 2002 for his contributions to the World Trade Center/Pentagon Investigation. Yarbrough Strategic Advisors In 2007, Irwin joined Yarbrough Strategic Advisors, a Dallas-based company founded by former Assistant United States Attorney Matthew E. Yarbrough, with whom he worked closely in Operation Seek and Keep. As the managing director of investigations, he advises client companies on immigration laws and supervises intellectual property, financial fraud and corporate compliance investigations. Personal Irwin was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and grew up in Chula Vista, California. He began his career in 1979 as an undercover police officer with the Brunswick Police Department in Brunswick, Georgia. He was later promoted to undercover officer, deputy, and criminal investigator for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Forsyth, Georgia, before becoming a border patrol agent in the El Paso sector. In 1987 he joined the U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization, which later became the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He lives in Dallas, Texas. References External links A. J. Irwin Biography Yarbrough Strategic Advisors Yarbrough Law Group U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the DHS U.S. Attorney's Office, North District of Texas United States Department of Homeland Security officials People from Mount Pleasant, Michigan 1957 births Living people People from Chula Vista, California People from Forsyth, Georgia