{"id":1366577,"date":"2022-03-09T08:41:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T13:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366577"},"modified":"2022-03-09T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T13:41:41","slug":"democrats-freeze-senate-confirmation-process-for-joe-bidens-ice-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-freeze-senate-confirmation-process-for-joe-bidens-ice-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Freeze Senate Confirmation Process for Joe Biden&#039;s ICE Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-freeze-senate-confirmation-process-for-joe-bidens-ice-chief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366577&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Senate Democrats froze the confirmation process for President Joe Biden\u2019s deportation chief on Tuesday amid unconfirmed allegations he abused his wife.<\/p>\n<p>The March 8 decision was triggered by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), who asked committee chairman Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), to focus on the allegations against\u00a0Sheriff Ed Gonzelez, Biden\u2019s nominee to head ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe affidavit, brought to my attention by the National ICE Council and Federal Police Foundation, outlines the incident,\u201d Lankford said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/lankford-calls-on-democrats-to-delay-nomination-of-ice-nominee-until-troubling-allegations-are-resolved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 7 letter.<\/a> He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If these allegations of physical and violent domestic abuse are true, they are disqualifying for a law enforcement officer at any level and raise significant questions about the nominee\u2026\u00a0It would be irresponsible for the Senate to vote on the confirmation of Sheriff Gonzalez to be Director of ICE until we determine whether the allegations outlined in the attached affidavit are true. The cloture motion should be immediately withdrawn until this matter is resolved.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonzalez and his wife reportedly maintain their innocence and deny the claims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s a statement from Ed Gonzalez\u2019s wife denying that she accused her husband of domestic violence <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObeObn90ao\">https:\/\/t.co\/ObeObn90ao<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oojuedR8P4\">pic.twitter.com\/oojuedR8P4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellen M. Gilmer (@ellengilmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellengilmer\/status\/1501365957863874564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA White House official said the administration still supports Ed Gonzalez\u2019s nomination and urged swift confirmation,\u201d Bloomberg Government <a href=\"https:\/\/about.bgov.com\/news\/white-house-stands-by-ice-nominee-after-scrapped-senate-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/597433-democrats-cancel-vote-on-biden-pick-to-lead-ice-after-domestic-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Peters asked for unanimous consent to withdraw a procedural motion to advance Gonzalez\u2019s nomination after Sen.\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/james-lankford\">James Lankford<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(R-Okla.) sent a letter to him and Senate Majority Leader\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/charles-schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) raising concerns about the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonzalez was nominated in April 2021, but his confirmation has been delayed by GOP opposition.<\/p>\n<p>However, the GOP members of the Senate earlier allowed the fast-track confirmation of Gonzalez\u2019s likely boss, pro-migration zealot Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>Since his confirmation in February 2021, Mayorkas has grounded ICE agents, reduced ICE\u2019s deportation numbers, and sharply expanded the inflow of migrant workers, consumers, and renters into U.S. communities. The confirmation \u2014 or rejection \u2014 of Gonzalez is not expected to change Mayorkas\u2019s pro-migration policies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mayorkas\u2019 confirmation was backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/02\/02\/mayorkas-confirmed-as-bidens-dhs-secretary-amnesty-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several pro-establishment GOP senators<\/a>, including Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK),\u00a0Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV),\u00a0 Susan Collins (R-ME), and retiring Senator Rob Portman (R-OH).<\/p>\n<p>Lankford is facing a GOP primary this year prior to the November ballot. His primary opponent is a populist pastor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacksonLahmeyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1497582276112179202%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oklahomabroadcasts.com%2F2022%2F02%2F28%2Fnathan-dahm-switches-over-to-open-senate-race-lahmeyer-sticks-with-lankford-challenge-muskogeepolitico-com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jackson Lahmeyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16401602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/04\/AP_17243661632753.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sheriff Ed Gonzalez pauses during a news conference about the Arkema Inc. chemical plant on Aug. 31, 2017, in Crosby, Texas.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lankford is not a supporter of immigration reductions. On numerous occasions, he has backed bills that would increase the flow of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/bombshell-testimony-7k-american-doctors-sidelined-every-year-by-foreign-nationals-winning-taxpayer-funded-residencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal immigrants<\/a> and illegal migrants into Americans\u2019 jobs and homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are in the job market, they are currently a part of our economy, currently,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/09\/25\/gop-senators-illegals-beneficial-amnesty-not-amnesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in 2017 about illegal migrants. \u201cThat continual competition in our economy doesn\u2019t hurt us, that continues to help us \u2014 it actually hurts us to put those individuals out of the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/13\/zuckerbergs-data-says-amnesty-gives-economic-windfall-coastal-democratic-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loses much investment, wealth, and status<\/a> because federal immigration policy provides coastal investors and employers with a continuous river of legal and illegal migrants \u2014 as well as visa workers \u2014 to boost their coastal investments in new jobs and real estate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/regions\/southwest\/news-release\/occupationalemploymentandwages_oklahomacity.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in Jul 2021:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Workers in the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.04 in May 2020 [$961 per week], about 11 percent below the nationwide average of $27.07 \u2026 wages in the local area were lower than their respective national averages in 15 of the 22 major occupational groups: arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media; computer and mathematical; and educational instruction and library.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The regional skew of cheap-labor migration on investors\u2019 job-creation plans is highlighted by a 2021 report at an economic research site, SSTI.org.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/ssti.org\/blog\/useful-stats-later-stage-vc-has-banner-year-uncertainty-about-early-stages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">report shows<\/a>\u00a0late-stage venture capital investments are concentrated in the states where investors and their new workers \u2014 legal and illegal migrants \u2014 prefer to live. For example, in the last three months of 2020, investors made investment deals worth roughly $2,028 per person in California, $936 per person in New York, $167 per person in Pennsylvania, $128 per person in Ohio, $52 per person in Kentucky \u2014 and 55 cents per person in West Virginia, which is ranked among the poorest states in the union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust the five leading metros account for more than 80 percent of total venture capital investment and 85 percent of its growth over the past decade,\u201d Bloomberg\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-03-27\/the-extreme-geographic-inequality-of-high-tech-venture-capital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>\u00a0in 2018. \u201cThat\u2019s spatial inequality on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since at least 1990, the D.C. establishment \u2014 including the establishment GOP \u2014 has used a wide variety of excuses to justify its policy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/extraction-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extracting<\/a>\u00a0tens of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2022\/02\/23\/report-u-s-immigrant-population-hits-record-46-6-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions<\/a>\u00a0of migrants\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/02\/24\/bidens-border-agency-worries-about-tinder-swindler-amid-migration-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visa workers<\/a>\u00a0from poor countries to serve as workers, consumers, and renters for U.S investors and CEOs.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/12\/20\/washington-post-low-wage-employers-struggle-after-cheap-labor-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economic<\/a>\u00a0strategy of extraction migration has\u00a0no\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/20\/gop-donors-economist-immigration-can-offset-foreign-trade-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stopping<\/a>\u00a0point, and it is harmful to ordinary Americans because it cuts their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/03\/12\/bloomberg-opts-h1bs-take-two-three-new-tech-jobs-each-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career<\/a>\u00a0opportunities and their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/04\/08\/elite-academics-hide-amnesty-wage-pain-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wages<\/a>\u00a0while also raising their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/16\/new-yorks-mayoral-rivals-vow-cheap-housing-plus-more-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing<\/a>\u00a0costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats froze the confirmation process for President Joe Biden\u2019s deportation chief on Tuesday amid unconfirmed allegations he abused his wife. 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