From ThePostMillennial.com….
President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, of Harris County, Texas, to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security.
Gonzalez has served the Houston community as sheriff since his election in 2016. He was one of the sheriff’s nationally who refused to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to enlist municipalities to deport immigrants who were in the country illegally.
Law enforcement would ask those they arrested what their immigration status was, and report those individuals to ICE. Gonzalez in 2019 pulled his support for the voluntary program, saying that local law enforcement agencies should not be involved in deportation efforts because because of the risk that it “silences witnesses & victims” and would result in immigrants being too afraid to report crimes.
“I do not support #ICERaids that threaten to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom do not represent a threat to the U.S.,” he tweeted, “The focus should always be on clear & immediate safety threats. Not others who are not threats.
