Sarah r saldana biography

  • sarah r saldana biography

    • Sarah Saldaña

    American attorney, ICE director from 2014–2017

    Sarah Ruth Saldana is an American attorney who served as the fourth director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from December 23, 2014,[1] until January 20, 2017, under President Barack Obama. She was the first Latina[1] and the second woman (after Julie Myers[2]) 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.[3]

    Birth, education and early career

    Saldaña was born in 1951 in Corpus Christi, Texas,[4] as the youngest of seven children.[5] Her father Luis was a plumber and her mother, Inez Garcia Saldaña, was a nurse.[5] She graduated from W.B. Ray High School in 1970 and attended and got al associate degree from Del Mar Junior College.[5] She graduated from Texas A&I Universitysumma cum laude in August 1973.&#