U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens has been replaced at the federal law enforcement organization, and the Trump administration has selected Texas’s top border official, Mike Banks, to fill his boots starting Monday.
The Washington Examiner confirmed Friday morning that Banks will start his role at the 20,000-person Border Patrol during “Trump’s swearing-in” at the Capitol on Inauguration Day.
Banks is a two-decade retired Border Patrol agent who signed on as the “border czar” for Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) two years ago to oversee the state and local law enforcement’s Operation Lone Star border security initiative and cooperation with federal immigration and customs authorities.
Owens will not technically leave the office for another three months, though Banks will be on the job next week, according to sources
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