Mark Morgan Promoted to Replace Sanders as CBP Head
Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan will replace John Sanders as head of Customs and Border Protection.
Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan will replace John Sanders as head of Customs and Border Protection.
President Trump warned Monday night that ICE will be deporting “millions” of undocumented immigrants beginning next week.
Nooses in detainee cells, inadequate medical care, unreported security incidents, moldy and dilapidated bathrooms, rotting food and overly restrictive segregation were among the findings at immigration detention facilities.
ICE is planning to increase deportations of families who are in the U.S. illegally, acting ICE Director Mark Morgan said Tuesday.
Detention facilities are overflowing with migrants because of the surge in people, many of them children, crossing the southern border illegally, and Border Patrol is struggling to handle the crisis.
More than 52,000 migrants detained by ICE are currently being held in facilities across the country as part of President Trump’s ongoing crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
President Trump’s choice for ICE director had harsh words for his ouster as head of Border Patrol in 2017.
Mark Morgan, a former FBI Agent, border hardliner and veteran of the Obama administration, has been chosen by President Trump to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement.