A former Obama administration official who criticized Trump-era immigration policies was confirmed by the Senate on Friday as the director of the nation’s legal-immigration agency
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The Senate voted 47-34, without any Republican support, to confirm Ur Mendoza Jaddou, making her the first woman to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Ms. Jaddou, the daughter of Mexican and Iraqi immigrants, has broad support from immigration advocates, including refugee and asylum advocates along with business groups looking for more immigration policies that support employment.
Ms. Jaddou has nearly two decades of experience working in immigration policy, having worked as the chief immigration counsel to the House Judiciary Committee run by Democrats and as the top Obama administration lawyer at USCIS from 2014 to 2017. “Throughout Ms. Jaddou’s public service, she has shown a keen understanding of how USCIS operations affect businesses across various industries,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote to the Senate in a
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