Customs and Border Protection chief refusing request to step down, DHS official says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : As the head of CBP, Chris Magnus, 62, oversees more than 60,000 employees whose missions focus on counterterrorism, border security and trade enforcement.
48% : The commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency in charge of border security, is refusing to step down from his job after a request by the Biden administration, an official from the Department of Homeland Security told NBC News.
44% : He said in an interview that in some cases, the governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida were "lying" to migrants about what opportunities might await them in those cities and that it is "luring" others to come to the U.S.In mid-September, NBC News reported there was friction between the Biden White House and senior DHS officials over how to handle immigration, as the number of undocumented migrants crossing the southern border kept rising and Republican governors sent migrants to more Democratic-run cities.
37% : The clash between the Biden administration and Magnus comes after a Politico report published in October said five current administration officials "portrayed him as unengaged in his job, saying he often doesn't attend White House meetings on the situation on the border, badmouths other agencies to colleagues and superiors, and has not built relationships within CBP and across other agencies to address the influx of migrants at the border."

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