US border patrol chief resigns after claims of sex with prostitutes abroad

Mike Banks, the border patrol chief who oversaw the most aggressive militarization of the US southern border in recent history, has resigned with immediate effect. “It’s just time,” Banks told Fox News in an interview. “I feel like I got the ship back on course from the least secure, most disastrous, most chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen.” Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Banks’ abrupt exit. …