Ms. Saldana, a federal prosecutor in Texas, told Congress she supports Mr. Obama’s policies and defended them as constitutional — a stance that has irked many Republican senators, who are rallying to try to block her ascendance to run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She also said that some illegal immigrants have earned the right to be citizens and that she was “not familiar” with ICE’s statistics showing a steep drop in the number of illegal immigrants being deported from the interior of the U.S. “Sarah Saldana, if confirmed to head ICE, will be a key player, a key participant in the administration, furthering this policy that’s a bad policy,” said Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, who plans to join his colleagues in a filibuster attempt Tuesday. The Saldana nomination is the most controversial of the bunch.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:21:32 +0000