Sources indicate that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus to resign or be fired.
Magnus said he has “no plans to resign.” He will go to work on Monday, but the “department already cut off his access to its Twitter account.”
The border is still a mess. America saw a record number of migrants trying to cross the Mexican border.
But Magnus is not popular after only about a year on the job. Five people within Biden’s administration complained about Magnus to Politico in October:
Five current administration officials who work with CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus portrayed him as unengaged in his job, saying he often doesn’t attend White House meetings on the situation on the border, badmouths other agencies to colleagues and superiors, and has not built relationships within CBP and across other agencies to address the influx of migrants at the border. They complain he is unfamiliar with some of the operations of CBP and instead is focused primarily on reforming the culture of the Border Patrol, addressing its long list of allegations of racism and violence.Some of the officials believe Magnus hasn’t prioritized addressing the high number of migrants attempting to cross the border, but instead has continually tried to shift blame to other agencies. As an example, two of the five current administration officials said Magnus brought his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, pages of grievances about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. While CBP is responsible for securing U.S. borders at and between ports of entry, ICE is the agency responsible for arresting and detaining undocumented people within U.S. borders.
They witnessed “Magnus fall asleep during multiple meetings.” One incident occurred when they discussed “how to handle the current swell of Venezuelans crossing the border.
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