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Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan, right, with Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, speaks during a news conference to address the situation in Portland, Ore., in relation to protests Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Mark Morgan, CBP chief: Federal agents will be in Chicago to quell violence

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Port Director Tater Ortiz delivers a message of appreciation over the loudspeaker as Supervisory Customs and Border Protection Officer Raymond Gonzales drives Wednesday, May 6, 2020, during a law enforcement tribute to medical professionals working during the COVID-19 pandemic at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Illegal immigrant jumped border to get COVID-19 treatment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, March 21, 2020, file photo, Central American migrants seeking asylum, some wearing protective face masks, return to Mexico via the international bridge at the U.S-Mexico border that joins Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. Mexico and the U.S. are restricting travel over their busy shared border as they try to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez) ** FILE **

Official: Strict US border policy may remain as virus eases

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS slashes border crossings amid coronavirus, credits Trump with reducing threat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's officers are shown in this July 2019 file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Immigration reversal as deportations top border arrests

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Children from Anapra, Mexico, climb a section of the new border wall recently built near Santa Teresa, N.M., Monday, April 9, 2018. The head of the U.S. Border Patrol sector that includes part of West Texas and all of New Mexico said Monday he met with leaders of the New Mexico National Guard to begin discussions about what will be required and their capabilities. (Ruben R. Ramirez/The El Paso Times via AP)

Border chief: Wall cuts illegal crossings 80%

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Commissioner: Officials overzealous in Iranian border stops

Associated Press

This March 2, 2019, file photo shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Illegal immigration at border down for the eighth straight month

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, is escorted back to her vehicle after she speaks at the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, about what she saw at area border facilities Monday, July 1, 2019. (Briana Sanchez/El Paso Times via AP)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez toilet-drinking charge ‘absolutely false,’ Mark Morgan says

By Stephen Dinan and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

DHS confirms no new border wall yet

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 15, 2019, photo, migrants cross the Rio Bravo illegally to surrender to the American authorities, on the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Illegal immigration down, drug trafficking up at southern border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, a Border Patrol agent apprehends a person suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. While many adults crossing the border on their own in South Texas try to flee agents, most migrant parents and children wait to surrender so they can be processed and released into the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Border evasions top 150,000 in 2019

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Customs and Border Control agent patrols the defining line between the U.S. and Mexico near Nogales, Arizona, — far from the noise of immigration arguments on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. (Associated Press)

DHS claims victory as border numbers tumble in September

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Aug. 23, 2019. The wall visible on the left was built in 2018 with money allocated by Congress, while the new construction is funded by money reallocated from Department of Defense funding. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Mark Morgan, CBP commissioner: Illegal immigration across border continues to drop

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan speaks at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Number of border crossers drops amid Mexican crackdown

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

In a Thursday, April 4, 2019, file photo, former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Mark Morgan, CBP commissioner, defends immigration raids

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this June 15, 2019, photo, migrants cross the Rio Bravo illegally to surrender to the American authorities, on the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Illegal immigration across border plummets as Mexico steps up

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, Mark Morgan testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) **FILE**

ICE details ramped-up deportations for illegal immigrant families

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, Mark Morgan testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) **FILE**

Immigration official looks to step up family deportations

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

Ever Castillo, left, and his family, immigrants from Honduras, are escorted back across the border by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Hildalgo, Texas. The parents were told they would be separated from their children and voluntarily crossed back to Mexico after trying to seek asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

ICE to ramp up deportation of illegal immigrant families

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times