Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.
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Banks served as a border advisor amid the state’s all-out effort to control the southern border with Mexico, dubbed, and its confrontations with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, which has long been the sole responsibility of the federal government. As part of the mission, Department of Public Safety troopers and National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the border, where they have installed miles of concertina wire and a floating buoy barrier in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass while also arresting thousands of migrants on criminal trespassing charges.“I know Mike, and I think it's an inspired choice, and nobody understands the border better than Texans,” Cornyn said.
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