The Border Patrol chief has been forced out a day after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious plan to build a wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Thursday. Customs and Border Protection said Morgan's last official day in office will be Tuesday. The former FBI agent briefly led the internal affairs department at the Border Patrol's parent agency before heading the agency of roughly 20,000 agents. The National Border Patrol Council had advocated for an insider to lead the agency and sharply criticized Morgan at almost every turn. Morgan clarified his remarks in a note to Border Patrol staff the following week.

Source: Fox News January 26, 2017 18:06 UTC