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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. President Donald Trump is tapping former border patrol chief Morgan to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Trump tweeted Sunday, May 5, 2019 that Mark Morgan "will be joining the Trump Administration as the head of our hard working men and women of ICE." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Mark Morgan named ICE chief

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 3, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump taps former border patrol chief as ICE Director

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan listens as he testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. Morgan said he was asked to leave and decided to resign on Jan. 26, 2017, rather than fight the request, according to a U.S. official who was on brief video conference in which Morgan informed senior agents of the change. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP source: Border Patrol chief says he’s been forced out

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - 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. U.S. President Donald Trump will direct the Homeland Security Department to start building a wall at the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

Mark Morgan, U.S. Border Patrol chief, ousted from job

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Texas Department of Safety Troopers patrol on the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, in Mission, Texas. Since illegal immigration spiked in the Rio Grande Valley this summer, the Border Patrol has dispatched more agents, the Texas Department of Public Safety has sent more troopers and Texas Gov. Rick Perry deployed as many as 1,000 guardsmen to the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US border agency’s misconduct review advances

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press