Mike Banks, the border patrol chief who oversaw what has been described as the most aggressive militarization of the U.S. southern border in recent history, resigned with immediate effect. “It’s just time,” Banks told Fox News, claiming credit for transforming “the least secure, most disastrous, most chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen.”
The resignation comes weeks after reports of prostitution allegations and amid a broader string of exits by Trump administration immigration officials. As The Guardian noted, the departure adds to instability within an enforcement apparatus that has been a centerpiece of Trump’s political identity.
