The Latina who led ICE

Otherhood
Sarah Saldaña being sworn in as the fourth director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in December of 2014.

(Season 2, Episode 13) She was ICE director for a president immigration activists angrily called “the deporter in chief.” Now she’s back home in Texas, unpacking boxes and watching her former employees try to carry out President Donald Trump’s orders to deport millions of people, fast.

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