Sarah Saldaña
Sarah R. Saldana | |
|---|---|
| Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | |
| In office December 23, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Thomas S. Winkowski (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Ragsdale (acting) |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas | |
| In office September 29, 2011 – December 22, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Del Mar College (AS) Texas A&I University (BS) Southern Methodist University (JD) |
Sarah Ruth Saldaña is an American attorney who served as the fourth director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from December 23, 2014, until January 20, 2017, under President Barack Obama. She was the first Latina and the second woman (after Julie Myers) to hold the position of ICE director. Previously she had served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, then U.S. Attorney, for the Northern District of Texas.