Trump to install Texas border czar

Trump to install Texas border czar as Border Patrol chief, sources say
Mike Banks, who has spearheaded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown, is expected to be appointed Border Patrol chief after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
With Trump considering Texas' 'border czar' to head Border Patrol, Cornyn praises pick
Texas' senior U.S. senator says he expects Trump to move swiftly on border matters once he resumes office next week.
Trump to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol, report says
Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.
Border Patrol Chief Owens announces retirement, Texas border czar to take over
Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens is retiring in April, and will be replaced by Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, after a historic crisis at the southern border.
Trump picks Texas’ Mike Banks to lead Border Patrol
President-elect Donald Trump will tap Texas Border Czar Mike Banks to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to multiple reports.
Trump’s new Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks starts job Monday
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens will not technically leave the position for another three months, though Mike Banks will be on the job next week.
Who Is Mike Banks, The Texas Border Czar Set To Be The Next CBP Chief
Banks played a key role in Texas' Operation Lone Star, an initiative aimed at countering record levels of migrant crossings

US Authorities Put Up Barricades At Mexico Border

Texas officers apprehend more than 530,000 illegal border crossers
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On the southern border, how do Texas residents feel about the incoming Trump administration?
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'A danger to Mexico:' Trump's threats of tariffs, deportations put Mexican leader on the spot
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Texas lawmakers urge Trump’s Secretary of State pick to get tough with Mexico on water payments
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‘Historic’ man-made ‘smuggling’ tunnel from Mexico into US discovered in Texas
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Russian Mercenary Caught With Drone On U.S.-Mexico Border
It is unclear why Timur Praliev, an ex-member of Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group, was carrying a drone in a backpack as he ...
Border bills welcome 89th Texas Legislature
Before the Texas’s 89th Legislature began Tuesday, state representatives and senators had already filed over 2,300 bills, ...
Texas missionaries bring food, hope to migrants in Mexican border towns
Pastor Jim Howard, who has been coming to the border for 35 years, brought three parishioners on the 12-hour drive from his ...
Texas overtakes San Diego as busiest corridor for illegal crossings — just barely
In December, the number of migrant encounters by Border Patrol along the Southwest border dropped to about 47,300 — the ...