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Joe Biden will nominate Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to be the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Gonzalez is known for his opposition to Trump administration immigration policies. As sheriff, he opposed local law enforcement cooperation with ICE, ICE raids, and deportations. As head of ICE, he will oversee the enforcement of immigration law.
Gonzalez is a former Houston police officer and member of the Houston City Council. He was elected sheriff in 2016 and won re-election in 2020. During his first term as sheriff, Gonzalez was a vocal critic of Trump’s approach to illegal immigration. When first elected as sheriff, Gonzalez eliminated a Harris County partnership with ICE. The program trained deputies to screen individuals for immigration status and detain violators for ICE. He opposes ICE raids at workplaces.
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Sheriff Ed Gonzalez speaking to jail detainees at the unveiling of the “Brothers in Arms” program at Harris County Jail on July 25, 2019.
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President Joe Biden intends to nominate Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonazalez to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House announced on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for Gonzalez directed questions to the White House, which declined to make him available for an interview.
Gonzalez was a vocal critic of the Trump administration, and in particular, the former president’s immigration policies. In 2019, Gonzalez took to Twitter to say such policies “
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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who s being nominated by President Biden as the next Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is considered a priority for the White House.
Within minutes of the annoucement, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo tweeted her well wishes. Congrats to my friend Sheriff Ed Gonzalez on being nominated to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Biden Administration. I ll be sad for him to leave us, but President Biden will gain a compassionate, thoughtful and courageous leader.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/513395.html (Natural News) A temporary housing facility for illegal aliens in Houston has been abruptly shuttered by the Biden regime following reports that living conditions were “unbearable.”
The warehouse, owned by the National Association of Christian Churches (NACC), was originally designed for disaster services. On April 1, however, it was transformed into a holding facility for illegals due to a massive border influx under Resident Biden.
Immigrant advocate groups had raised concerns about conditions at the shelter, as well as NACC’s unfamiliarity with “unaccompanied” children. The final straw was when a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staffer dropped dead at the facility the night before it was shuttered.
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