Texas launched its own border strategy during the Biden Administration, and now President Donald Trump has picked the leader ...

Banks has been serving as the Lone Star State’s first-ever border czar — a position created by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2023 to ...

Banks played a key role in Texas' Operation Lone Star, an initiative aimed at countering record levels of migrant crossings ...

The Washington Examiner confirmed Friday morning that Banks will start his role at the 20,000-person Border Patrol during “Trump’s swearing-in” at the Capitol on Inauguration Day.

Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023. Mike Banks at a news conference about border security at the ...

President-elect Donald Trump will tap Texas Border Czar Mike Banks to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according ...

The incoming Trump administration is planning to install Texas' border czar as head of U.S. Border Patrol, replacing the career official who currently leads the agency in charge of stopping the ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, in a call from Washington with Texas reporters Thursday, said he expects Donald Trump to issue "100 or so executive orders" on the first day of his new administration, many ...

President-elect Donald Trump will tap Texas Border Czar Mike Banks to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to multiple reports.

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens has been replaced at the federal law enforcement organization, and the Trump administration has selected Texas's top border official, Mike Banks, to fill his ...