Feb 1, 2023 · Mike Banks, a retired border patrol agent with three decades of experience in federal law enforcement, is Texas' first border czar. Banks said his top priority is to make the state of Texas "the least desirable place for illegal immigration."

Jan 16, 2025 · Texas border czar Mike Banks has been tapped to be the next US Border Patrol chief, sources told The Post Thursday. Banks, a longtime former border agent himself, will serve as the...

Jan 17, 2025 · The incoming Trump administration is set to appoint Mike Banks, a retired Border Patrol agent and Texas Governor Greg Abbott 's "border czar," as the new head of the U.S. Border Patrol....

4 days ago · Banks joined the United States Border Patrol (USBP) as an officer and served in various positions in over 20 years of experience. [1] He held leadership positions in Texas, Arizona, and California, and was the USBP McAllen Station patrol agent in charge and the USBP Rio Grande Valley Sector executive officer and acting division chief. [1] He later was the acting deputy chief of operations for ...

Jan 30, 2023 · Mike Banks has been hired as Special Advisor on Border Matters to the Governor and will serve as the State of Texas' first-ever Border Czar. "For nearly two years, the State of Texas has taken unprecedented, historic action under Operation Lone Star in response to the Biden Administration's refusal to secure the border," said Governor Abbott.

Jan 31, 2023 · Abbott said Mike Banks, who retired from Border Patrol 10 days ago, will work alongside the Texas National Guard, state troopers and the Texas Facilities Commission to "accelerate the building of...

Feb 2, 2024 · On Tuesday, Governor Abbott celebrated the one-year anniversary of Mike Banks being named the first-ever Texas Border Czar. In January 2023, Governor Abbott announced the new position of Texas Border Czar to oversee border security in President Biden's absence at a press conference on a Texas border wall construction site in San Benito.

Jan 22, 2025 · Mike Banks, Texas Border Czar, make remarks at a Thanksgiving lunch event at Forward Operating Base Eagle, a newly built military base serving Operation Lone Star near the Rio Grande River on Tues ...

Apr 25, 2024 · Abbott's Texas is testing the limits of what states can do to control immigration. As the pioneering first "border czar" of Texas, Banks is advising the governor's evolving – and...

Jan 16, 2025 · President-elect Donald Trump will pick Mike Banks, a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott for border matters, to lead the U.S. Border Patrol, according to the New York Post. Banks, a...