SaysWho? Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Biden Nominates Harris County, Texas, Sheriff To Be Director Of ICE WWW.NPR.ORG Ed Gonzalez spent 18 years with the Houston Police Department as a civilian and officer, then served three terms on the Houston City Council. He criticized ICE raids during the Trump administration. Quote Gonzalez is the second such critic to be selected by Biden for a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security, following the nomination two weeks ago of Tucson, Ariz., Police Chief Chris Magnus to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Quote Gonzalez was elected sheriff of Harris County, which includes the city of Houston, in 2016 and reelected in 2020. It is the largest sheriff's force in Texas and the third-largest in the nation with some 5,000 employees. During his first term as sheriff Gonzalez ended a program with ICE that trained 10 Harris County deputies to determine the immigration status of prisoners, and hold for deportation those in the country illegally. As sheriff he also opposed Texas legislation requiring local law enforcement to determine individuals' immigration status, according to The Texas Tribune. The legislation was viewed as targeting so-called "sanctuary cities." Gonzalez, like many in law enforcement, said the approach would destroy trust and make their job protecting communities more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Oh interesting, taking a page from the trump playbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Anathema- said: Oh interesting, taking a page from the trump playbook. wut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Jason said: wut Nominating someone hostile to the agency to run it, only in this case the agency is fascist and should be run by someone opposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 When we had that dude try and beat one of my managers with a baseball bat and she ended up shooting him, Sheriff Ed came out and talked to her and I. He was really kind and reassuring to my manager and got her in touch with the victim support services people for the county. Good luck to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, sblfilms said: When we had that dude try and beat one of my managers with a baseball bat and she ended up shooting him, Sheriff Ed came out and talked to her and I. He was really kind and reassuring to my manager and got her in touch with the victim support services people for the county. Good luck to him. I hereby decree that Gonzalez be forever known as “Sheriff Ed”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 47 minutes ago, MarSolo said: I hereby decree that Gonzalez be forever known as “Sheriff Ed”. Can never go wrong with "mr ed" tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I'd rather see ICE abolished, but I suppose this is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Those are Joe Biden's jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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