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Congress

Senate Homeland Panel Approves ICE Nominee, DHS Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

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Senate Homeland Panel Approves ICE Nominee, DHS Bills

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved the Biden administration’s nominee, Ed Gonzalez, to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and five bipartisan cybersecurity bills. The vote on Gonzalez was along party lines with seven Democrats in favor and six Republicans opposed to sending the nomination to the Senate floor for consideration. Gonzalez, sheriff of Harris County, Texas, opposed ICE’s efforts under former President Trump to deport illegal aliens wholesale, saying that most of them are…

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