Trump to install Texas border czar

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.
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.
Trump to install Texas border czar as Border Patrol chief, sources say
Mike Banks, who has spearheaded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown, is expected to be appointed Border Patrol chief after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
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.
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 to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol, report says
Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.
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.
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Migrant convicted of sexual battery caught in New Mexico without documentation
Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced the arrest of an undocumented migrant previously convicted of aggravated sexual battery of a child under 13 in New Mexico. Maximino Ortiz-Rodriguez, a Mexican ...
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El Paso Border Patrol apprehends convicted rapist among four migrants
According to the 26th Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Jason Owens, on Friday, agents apprehended Mario Roberto Ochoa Zapata among a group of migrants trying to sneak into the country illegally ...
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Border Patrol chief: Convicted rapist caught trying to re-enter U.S. illegally
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said on social media. Mario Roberto Ochoa Zapata was among four people arrested trying to enter the country illegally, Owens said. He did not give any ...
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Border Patrol Chief – Iranian, Egyptian nationals caught by agents in El Paso
Chief Jason Owens, head of the United States Border Patrol, announced the apprehension of four Iranians and two Egyptians ...
Guatemalan sex offender arrested by Border Patrol agents in El Paso, officials confirm
The United States Border Patrol in El Paso, TX, arrested a Guatemalan sex offender. It was announced Thursday, January 4th, ...
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Border Patrol agents arrest gang members, violent criminals
On Jan. 3, they arrested a Mexican national and Latin Kings gang member with a violent criminal history, Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said. The gang member was previously convicted of ...