Washington, D.C. The Head of U. S. Customs and border protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation’s larges law enforcement agency as the number of illegal crossings rose to the hyghest level ever remembered in a prosecutor Year, According to Two People Family with The Matter.
According to two people who had been briefed on the situation but were not authorised to speak publicly about it and spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, Chris Magnus, who has held the position with Senate confirmation for less than a year, was either going to resign or be fired. It is a part of a larger transformation that Homeland Security is going through as border officials struggle to deal with a wave of migrants and rising smuggle from nations like Venezuela.
In the prosecutor Year That Ended Sept.
According to recently released statistics, 30 migrants were stopped 2.38 million times, an increase of 37% from the previous year. In August, the annual total passed 2 million for the first time, and as of 2019, it is more than twice as high as it was under Donald Trump’s presidency.
Magnus was pushed out, according to Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council.
The Los Angeles Times Was First to Report on The Ultimatum.
Magnus claimed in a statement to the newspaper that Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, had asked him to resign or face firing. He defended His Record and stated that He Wouldn’t Resign.
Requests for comment were not answered by Customs and Border Protection or the Homeland Security Department.
___ Spagat reported from San Diego..
A US Border Agency leader is being ejected, according to AP sources
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