Immigration hawks say Biden’s CBP pick has ‘downright dangerous’ record opposing enforcement moves

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Chris Magnus, a police chief in Tucson, Arizona, was nominated by Biden in April to lead the agency that oversees Border Patrol and is the agency at the frontlines of protecting America’s borders.
"I am excited that President Biden has nominated an extraordinary group of individuals for critical leadership positions in the Department of Homeland Security," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said as Magnus and a host of other nominations were announced earlier this year.
However, that experience has also raised opposition from immigration hawks, who are pointing to his support of policies that demand non-compliance with interior immigration enforcement, as well as his opposition to stricter border policies by the Trump administration.
AS LEGAL TRAVELERS ACROSS US-MEXICO BORDER FACE VACCINE MANDATE, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DO NOT His defense of sanctuary city policies would continue into the Trump administration, which sought to crack down on those policies by withholding grants -- Tucson, Arizona, is not strictly a sanctuary city, but Magnus said it "take[s] pride in being welcoming to immigrants."