Border Patrol Chief Banks Resigns After 37 Years as Trump Recasts Immigration Leadership
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Updated · POLITICO · May 14
Border Patrol Chief Banks Resigns After 37 Years as Trump Recasts Immigration Leadership
20 articles · Updated · POLITICO · May 14
Mike Banks stepped down as U.S. Border Patrol chief, adding to the first major leadership reshuffle in Trump’s immigration operation since Markwayne Mullin took over Homeland Security.
Weeks before acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is due to leave, former private prison executive David Venturella is set to replace him, extending the overhaul across top enforcement posts.
The White House has been trying to soften the image of its hard-line campaign after federal immigration agents killed 2 Americans during a prolonged Minnesota deportation operation earlier this year.
Banks joined Border Patrol in 2000, left in 2023 to serve as Texas border czar, and returned last year to lead the agency.
After a $65 billion investment, what are the unseen consequences of a 96% drop in border encounters?