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Texas Sheriff and Trump Critic Nominated to Lead ICE

President Joe Biden will nominate Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Deanna Garcia

Apr 30, 2021

WASHINGTON DC - CIRCA AUGUST 2019: ICE Immigration Customs Enforcement

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President Joe Biden will nominate Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House said Tuesday. Gonzalez is a veteran law enforcement officer and Democrat who has been sheriff of Texas’ most populous county since 2017. While sheriff, Gonzalez ended the county’s participation in a program that let law enforcement cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Gonzalez also opposed immigration raids that he said would “threaten to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.” Reuters 

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