Sources: US border agency chief Magnus being forced out
By Mike Balsamo, Colleen Long and Elliot Spagat | Associated Press
It is part of a larger shakeup expected at Homeland Security as officials struggle to manage migrants coming from a wider range of countries, including Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. The Los Angeles Times was first to report on the ultimatum. In a statement to the newspaper, Magnus said he was asked by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to step down or be fired. He said he wouldn’t step down and defended his record.
While Trump-era asylum restrictions encourage repeat attempts, flows have been extraordinarily high by any measure. The numbers reflect deteriorating economic and political conditions in more countries, relative strength of the U.S. economy and uneven enforcement of asylum restrictions. Despite decades in law enforcement, Magnus was an outsider. As the police chief in Tucson, Arizona, he rejected federal grants to collaborate on border security with the agency he now leads and kept a distance from Border Patrol leaders in a region where thousands of agents are assigned.
The National Border Patrol Council has been more muted in its criticism of Magnus than of Mayorkas but Judd, the union president, said he welcomed Magnus’ departure.
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