Senate Confirms Sarah Saldaña as New ICE Director
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Senate confirmed Sarah Saldaña as the director of Immigration and Customers Enforcement on Tuesday, despite objections from Republicans concerned about her support for President Obama’s immigration policies.
The Senate voted 55-39 to confirm Saldaña, a Dallas-based U.S. attorney, to lead ICE.
Republicans, including Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who initially supported her, opposed Saldaña due to her support of Obama’s executive action on immigration.
“If she is determined to help the president implement this deeply flawed executive action and refuse to enforce the law that Congress has written and has been signed by previous presidents, I can’t support her nomination,” Cornyn said. “I will not aid and abet a president dead set on unilaterally defying our nation’s immigration laws.”
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