Chris Magnus, President Joe Biden's nominee to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will testify before Senators and explain why he should lead the border agency amid one of the busiest years in two decades on the southern border.
The nomination of Chris Magnus, police chief of Tucson, Arizona, had been delayed by Senator Ron Wyden, who agreed last month to allow Magnus's nomination to move forward after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas provided the materials and led a review of the agency's use-of-force policies.
The hearing takes place as the border agency battles crisis-level workloads and heated criticism from immigrant advocates, Democratic lawmakers, and the president himself over its treatment of Haitian migrants under the Trump-era Title 42 public health order, which allows for the rapid expulsion of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Magnus is vying to lead the federal government's largest law enforcement agency and second-largest source of revenue, which has not had a confirmed leader since Kevin McAleenan resigned during the Trump administration in 2019.
Magnus told the Senate Finance Committee that, if confirmed, he would improve training to increase the sensitivity of CBP personnel. "I believe that humanity has to be part of the discussion from the beginning and often throughout the careers of CBP members," he said.
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