U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced his resignation from the agency effective immediately. Banks’ abrupt departure is the latest of several high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to leave the agency in recent months. Banks, appointed by President Trump upon his inauguration, was formerly the Border Czar for the State of Texas.

Breitbart Texas confirmed the announcement with several sources within CBP who say Banks had been contemplating his exit for several months. Banks had officially retired from the Border Patrol before assuming the role as Texas Governor Gregg Abbott’s first border czar. As a political…

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