Morgan had been the top official at Customs and Border Protection in the Obama administration, but has been outspoken in favor of Trump’s signature proposal for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Shane Harris and Shane Harris Intelligence and national security reporter Email Bio Follow Nick Miroff Nick Miroff Reporter covering immigration enforcement, drug trafficking and national security Email Bio Follow May 5 at 12:58 PM President Trump announced Sunday that he has chosen Mark Morgan to head U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, taking senior leaders at the agency by surprise.
“ICE leadership had no advance notice of Morgan’s selection before the tweet,” said one senior administration official. Morgan had been forced to step down from the Border Patrol at the beginning of the Trump administration. But he later emerged as an administration supporter and said he believed the wall was an important component of national security, saying in an interview that “the wall works.”“I was removed. I’m standing up and saying, ‘I should have disdain for them, but I don’t because they are right,’ ” Morgan told the website Law and Crime in January.
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