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No US city will be ‘sanctuary’ for migrants: Border Patrol chief
As the U.S. Border Patrol shifts to another American city as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, the agency’s chief is backing other top federal officials despite controversy that has kept federal agents in national headlines for months now.
Michael Banks, the Border Patrol chief, says that an agency traditionally known for its work along the U.S.-Mexico border has been operating in more than 25 U.S. cities since President Donald Trump took office in January. This comes as Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is slated to arrive in Charlotte as early as Saturday, just days after shifting many of his agents out of Chicago.
More than 2,000 federal agents are spread across the country as part of an at-large operation that recently led to the arrest of more than 3,000 people in Chicago. As more Border Patrol agents move into Charlotte as part of a multi-agency effort in which Border Patrol agents are working collaboratively with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, Banks said his agency’s main priority remains the same.
“No city in America is going to be a sanctuary city for anyone who is in this country illegally,” Banks told NewsNation in an exclusive interview. “We are going to locate those in this country illegally. We’re going to prosecute them and deport them. There’s going to be more cities to come. This operation is not going to go away; it’s been highly successful.”
He added: “We took an oath to protect America, we have a president that is allowing us to do that, a (Department of Homeland) secretary that has our backs …so there is no city that will not see Border Patrol enforcement actions.”
Banks defends Border Patrol commander, enforcement tactics
Banks said that hundreds, if not thousands, of immigrants who the agency said entered the United States illegally are being removed daily. Yet, in places like Chicago, attorneys representing some of those detained by federal agents are challenging the arrests being made.
A federal judge in Chicago this week ordered the release of more than 600 migrants arrested since June, saying detainees were taken into federal custody without a warrant or probable cause. The judge has given the federal government a deadline to provide a list of detainees who present a risk, ordered that those who do not be released on $1,500 bond pending a review of their case --->READ MORE HERE
Banks told Newsmax, “But I will say this, the United States border patrol is exactly that. We’re the United States Border Patrol, and we will go anywhere in the United States and arrest those in this country illegally.”
“There’s no such thing as sanctuary from immigration laws.”
“This is not about the type of status. It’s about status. You’re either in this country legally or illegally, and we’ll go anywhere in this country.”
“Yes, Chief Bovino out of the El Centro sector, commonly referred to as Commander of Operation at Large, Listen, we’re going to go wherever we need to go in order to enforce immigration law in this country.”
“Because we’ve gotten unprecedented levels of control on our Southern border, record lows, it has allowed us to expand and move those operations into the internal part of the United States and go after those individuals that were brought into this country, released, unvetted, mind you, into this country under the Biden administration.”
“We’ve got a job to do, and it’s all gas, no breaks downhill.” --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story:
+++++Michael Banks to Newsmax: Border Patrol Will Help ICE Anywhere in US+++++
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