June 20, 1980
The President today announced his intention to nominate Matt Garcia, of San Antonio, Tex., to be Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. He would replace Leonel J. Castillo, resigned. Garcia has been a State Representative for District 57K, Bexar County, since 1973. He was born November 7, 1927, in San Antonio. He received an LL.B. from St. Mary's University in 1951.
Garcia also has been in private practice since 1951.
Jimmy Carter, Immigration and Naturalization Service Nomination of Matt Garcia To Be Commissioner. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251176