U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus says he's been asked to resign. But he is refusing.
In an escalation of internal disagreements within the Biden administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus has been asked to resign.
Magnus has tried to change the culture of Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol. His goals include adding more female officers and tightening rules for pursuing migrants fleeing in cars. In the last fiscal year, which ended in September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 2 million encounters with migrants at the border — a record high.
On Tuesday, Magnus had gone to a meeting of Border Patrol chiefs in El Paso after Mayorkas had ordered him not to, Magnus said. A Biden administration official described Magnus as “missing in action” internally and not as vocal on immigration matters as other department leaders.
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