Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, nominated by President Joe Biden to be director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has withdrawn from consideration for the position.
"I am grateful to President Biden for the honor of nominating me, and I wish this administration well as it strives to overcome the paralyzing political gridlock that threatens far more than our nation's border. Frankly, the dysfunction threatens America's heart and soul," Gonzalez added.
At the time, reaction to Gonzalez's nomination for ICE was predictably more favorable among immigration advocates than opponents. Ali Noorani, president of the National Immigration Forum, then said Gonzalez was “an excellent choice that would bring much-needed permanent leadership — and a risk-based, more humane, measured approach — to our nation’s immigration enforcement.”
Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that advocates for stiff restrictions, at the time called Gonzalez “a staunch opponent of our interior immigration enforcement” and said his nomination was part of Biden's “unrelenting assault on the integrity of our immigration enforcement system.”
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