The acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, ...
WASHINGTON - The acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, John Sanders, is resigning and will leave his post on July 5, the agency said on Tuesday, a move that coincides with an outcry over the treatment of detained migrant children.
Most of the children were transferred to other facilities but then 100 were moved back to the station in Clint, Texas, CBP officials told reporters on Tuesday. Before taking over CBP, he was the agency’s chief operating officer and had also been the Transportation Security Administration’s chief technology officer. His resignation was first reported by The New York Times.
A CBP official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the agency acknowledges that it is does not want custody of the children because “our facilities were not designed for that.” Cracking down on immigration has been a priority for Trump but the president has proven unable to push most of his goals through Congress.
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