U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told Fox News Wednesday that morale at his agency is “passing through the roof” under the Trump administration.
Speaking to the “American newsroom,” Banks said, “we removed the handcuffs” and “we are actually allowed to do our job.
“Under this administration, our morale continued to rise as they literally removed handcuffs and allowed the law to be enforced in place of a policy created to contradict the law,” he continued.
The bank’s remarks follow a new report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that revealed that the tropical borders were less than the first two days of 2024 under the Biden administration in the entire month of March.
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The US Border Patrol will handle immigrant groups in February 2024 near the highway outside Eagle Pass, Texas. The bank told Fox News that the anxiety there is falling sharply. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)
Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has signed an order to end birthright citizenship, suspended refugee enrollment, terminated the use of apps at tropical borders to grant immigration via humanitarian parole, and resumed construction of border walls.
“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Border Patrol agents are back at work they signed up to protect their borders, not as illegal alien travel agents.” “The Los Angeles Times has acquired Trump’s border impact in a recent article.
The bank also told Fox News Wednesday that the recruitment was “good looking” and that the Border Patrol is “looking at some of the best numbers ever.”
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Border Patrol agents are working to seal the illegal cross-border tunnel between El Paso, Texas, and El Paso in Mexico and Chiudad Juarez in Mexico on March 11th. (AFP via Helica Martinez/Getty Images)
“You know, in the last four years under the Biden administration, we saw the lowest number of recruits, as we saw the large number of Exodus from the Border Patrol. We saw the opposite,” he added. “Agents are watching them draw retirement papers to continue their stay and provide services. They are watching the number of recruits pass through the roof.”
The bank said at one point it was in the area of Eagle Pass, Texas. [apprehensions] One day.
The children carrying several children will cross the Rio Grande on September 27, 2023 to arrive at Eagle Pass, Texas. (Benjamin Roy from Fox News Digital)
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“Now, Eagle Pass, Texas, has an average of 18 anxiety per day, with little or little, for days.
Peter Pinedo and Greg Wehner of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
