U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz to retire in June, opening key vacancy
CBSN
The top U.S. Border Patrol official announced Tuesday he will retire from federal service next month, opening a vacancy in the leadership of an agency charged with managing the record levels of migrant crossings reported along the southern border over the past two years.
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, a three-decade veteran of the agency, said he would leave his post at the end of June, according to an internal message he shared with colleagues. Officials at Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol's umbrella agency, also confirmed the departure.
Ortiz has led Border Patrol since the summer of 2021, when the previous chief, Rodney Scott, now a vocal critic of the Biden administration's policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, was pushed out. Ortiz had served as deputy Border Patrol chief during the Trump administration.
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