#TGIF — Immigration Updates Before the Weekend
It’s Friday! But before you check out of the week, read (or skim) these really important announcements in the immigration world.
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- No Vetted Director at ICE for Over Five Years
- Public defenders are now handling deportation cases in Cook County
- Russian Military is Deporting Ukrainians During the War
- Hundreds of people waiting outside Orlando immigration facility hoping to book appointments
- Please Check Out My Interview with Frank News about Asylum
- My Upcoming Talk at UC San Diego
No Vetted Director at ICE for Over Five Years
It has been 1,937 days, 64 months, or 5.3 years since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has had a real Senate-confirmed director.
No ICE director was officially confirmed during the entire Trump administration. The current ICE Director, Tae Johnson, was not confirmed by Congress.
Biden has nominated Sheriff Gonzalez from Houston, Texas, to take on this role, but Congress has failed to take action. The most recent news on the hold-up was that “Senate Democrats withdrew the procedural motion to advance Gonzalez’s nomination after a Republican senator from Oklahoma brought up an alleged domestic complaint” (see the article here). Gonzalez has denied any wrongdoing.
