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Magnus was in the job for less than a year. His resignation comes one day after he told the Los Angeles Times that he had declined a request to resign from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees CBP.
Magnus built a reputation as a law enforcement reformer during his time as police chief in Fargo, N.D., Richmond, Calif., and Tucson, Ariz. He attempted to make changes at the Mexican border as well.
The Senate voted in favor of Magnus, who was picked by the White House. The first openly gay man to lead a law enforcement agency in the US was the leader of the Customs and Border Protection.
Late last year, the Senate confirmed Magnus after months of confirmation setbacks that left the agency with a void at the top amid a record number of border arrests.
The US Border Patrol made more than 2.2 million arrests for illegal border crossing in the fiscal year that ended in June, the highest number on record.
According to a statement from the White House press secretary, Biden thanked Magnus for nearly forty years of service and wished him well.
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According to an email from Mayorkas to the employees, Troy Miller will be the acting commissioner.
The head of the Customs and Border Protection stepped down late Saturday following a record number of migrant apprehensions at the southern border.
The shakeup at the Customs and Border Protection came after migrant apprehensions along the southern border went through the roof in the past year, leading to accusations that the administration’s border policies are too easy.
More than a dozen House Republicans sent a letter to President Biden earlier this month urging him to ask for Magnus’s resignation after an unflattering story from Politico, which portrayed Magnus as unengaged in meetings with White House staff and unfamiliar with the operations of the sprawling agency of more than 60,000 employees.