Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who was previously tapped to lead the country’s immigration and customs enforcement agency, said Monday that he was withdrawing himself from consideration for the role after his confirmation vote stalled.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who wasto lead the country’s immigration and customs enforcement agency, said Monday that he was withdrawing himself from consideration for the role after his confirmation vote has stalled for months in Congress.
Gonzalez made the announcement on Monday via Twitter, noting that “more than a year has passed since the President nominated me for this important position.” “I arrived at this decision after prayerfully considering what’'s best for our nation, my family, and the people of Harris County who elected me to serve a second term as Sheriff,” Gonzalez wrote. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, has not had a Senate-confirmed director since early 2017. Gonzalez’s confirmation vote to lead ICE was expected earlier this year but was halted after an affidavit surfaced detailing a domestic violence dispute between Gonzalez and his wife, Melissa Gonzalez, former president of Houston Community College-Southeast., a former Houston Community College police officer alleged that he had received word that Melissa Gonzalez, who was then the school’s vice chancellor of workforce and economic development, wanted to file a complaint against her husband because of “suggested violence she had experienced at her home at the hands of the sheriff.”obtained by the Houston Chronicle undermined the credibility of the claims. The White House stood by President Joe Biden’s ICE nominee. “Sheriff Gonzalez has the qualifications and experience to do this important job and would have been a great leader of ICE,” a White House spokesperson said Monday,. “We thank Sheriff Gonzalez for his willingness to serve in the face of baseless allegations against his family.” It is unclear who Biden will nominate next to lead the agency, which is currently led by acting director Tae Johnson. The previous interim director, Jonathan Fahey, resigned last year after just two weeks on the job. The agency has shuffled through acting directors in recent years and hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader since the Obama administration.inside an 18-wheeler in San Antonio on Monday evening. Federal, state and local authorities believe that the victims were migrants. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus described the case as the deadliest human smuggling incident he could recall in the city. Texas Republicans have slammed Biden for what they believe has been lax enforcement of the country’s immigration policies.
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