President Trump took a hard line against illegal immigration in his address to Congress. Democrats chose an immigrant activist who was brought to the U.S. illegally to give one of their responses.
If confirmed, former Sen. Dan Coats will assume the post at a moment when the president has openly clashed with the spy agencies that now report to him.
Silva, who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child, says she will be talking to people like her parents who have been in the U.S. for years without a path to citizenship, "living in fear."
The Democratic Party is offering a rebuttal to President Trump's remarks Tuesday night. Party leadership chose former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear for his record on health care access.
In a statement Tuesday the publisher said it was "very much looking forward" to working with the former president and former first lady, who will each be writing a book.