WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the federal agency that patrols the borders of the United States says he is resigning.
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The U.S. Border Patrol chief, Michael Banks, told Fox News in an interview Thursday that his resignation was effective immediately.
“It’s just time,” Banks was quoted as saying in a report on the Fox News website. “I feel like I got the ship back on course from the least secure disastrous chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen,” he said.
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The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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