Obama’s Pick to Head Immigration Agency Caught in Executive-Order Crossfire

National Journal – Rachel Roubein and Sarah Mimms

President Obama’s executive action on immigration may have cost him his pick to enforce the nation’s border laws.

Sarah Saldaña, nominated by the president to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, once looked to be on a glide path to confirmation. She had earned praise for her work as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas and had the support of a key member of the Senate Republican leadership.

Then Obama made his unilateral move on immigration. And Saldaña’s fate—like that of so many other issues that require bipartisan cooperation—suddenly became much more complicated.

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