“The union has been very vocal about someone from outside of the Border Patrol becoming the head of the Border Patrol,” Kerlikowske said. The Border Patrol will have an important role in enforcing Trump’s crackdown on the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, was standing behind Trump as the president signed Wednesday’s executive order on border security. Many agents, including the Border Patrol union, opposed the selection at the time, saying an outsider could never gain agents’ trust. That official had been criticized for failing to investigate multiple allegations that Border Patrol agents had used excessive force on migrants.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2017 19:03 UTC