We’ve been watching the drama unfold in Customs and Border Protection since last Friday when the head of the agency first responded to a demand that he resign or be fired by basically saying hell no, I won’t go. But less than 24 hours later, he did an about-face and tendered his resignation, which Joe Biden accepted almost immediately after thanking him for his service. As I pointed out on Saturday, the Biden administration was just looking for a fall guy to take the blame and Magnus drew the short straw. He was put in an untenable position caused by Biden’s own immigration policies, even if he did support the policies himself. It turns out that I wasn’t the only one feeling that way. The head of the union that represents our Border Patrol agents vented his displeasure on Twitter over the weekend, saying that while Magnus deserved to be fired, he was definitely being used as a scapegoat and that “nothing will change” on the border after he is replaced if either the underlying policies don’t change or the people at the top aren’t replaced.Read More
Chris Magnus was a scapegoat. Nothing will change
