Border Patrol, Banks and Texas

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.
Former BP agent and Texas border czar Mike Banks appointed as Trump’s Border Patrol chief
Banks has been serving as the Lone Star State’s first-ever border czar — a position created by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2023 to deal with the unprecedented influx of migrants.
Trump’s new Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks starts job Monday
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.
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 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.
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

Mexico, border and tunnel

CBP sees brief flurry of movement along US-Mexico border ahead of Trump inauguration
The flurry of attempted illegal crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border comes just 72 hours before Trump's inauguration. Border ...
Trump to change Border Patrol leader to political appointee
Jason Owens, the retiring chief, said he hopes future leaders remain impartial and keep politics out of the agency.
Texas officers apprehend more than 530,000 illegal border crossers
(The Center Square) – Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched his border security mission, Operation Lone Star, in 2021, OLS officers ...
'Our agents are relentless': Feds shut down cross-border tunnel used by Mexican cartels for smuggling into US
U.S. and Mexican forces worked together to shut down a cross-border tunnel used by smugglers to bring illicit cargo into the ...
US Border Patrol arrests migrants during latest enforcement operation
Immigrant communities in Kern County, California, are on edge as the U.S. Border Patrol has been seen conducting enforcement ...
Biden Left Trump A Quiet Border. Will Trump Keep It That Way?
When Donald Trump takes control of the White House on Monday, he will inherit something his voters hardly would have expected ...
US Border Patrol reportedly captures Russian mercenary carrying drone, 2 passports and $4K
Texas border patrol agents arrested a Russian mercenary from Kazakhstan earlier this month, who admitted under questioning to ...
Central Valley nonprofits seeing less immigrants seek help after Border Patrol detainments
Fear from the recent Border Patrol detainments in the Valley is starting to impact local non-profits and clinics.