Texas launched its own border strategy during the Biden Administration, and now President Donald Trump has picked the leader of that project to run the Border Patrol.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday selected Texas border czar Michael Banks to lead the U.S. Border Patrol, tapping a career

Trump has repeatedly vowed to deploy the National Guard to enact his mass deportation policy, called for potentially deploying the military to work with ICE as part of his crackdown and pledged to enlist federal and state authorities to carry out mass removals.

Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.

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

Margelis Tinoco, a migrant from Colombia, reacts after receiving news that her U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) One appointment was cancelled, on the inauguration day of Donald Trump's second presidential term,

Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.