Border Patrol chooses new leadership after turbulent search

Published January 29, 2020 6:13pm ET



U.S. Border Patrol named Raul Ortiz to the second-highest post within the 21,000-person agency, completing a full swap of the agency’s leadership after several turbulent months of debate over who should take over.

Border Patrol’s overseeing agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, announced the move in a phone call with employees Monday and shared the promotion on social media Wednesday. The move comes days after Rodney Scott, a lifelong agent, was named as the replacement to national chief Carla Provost. Scott and Ortiz’s jobs do not require Senate confirmation and are named by the acting CBP commissioner, Mark Morgan.

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