2026年5月14日 美国东部时间12:37 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
美国边境巡逻局局长迈克尔·班克斯辞职
作者：普里西拉·阿尔瓦雷斯、迈克尔·威廉姆斯
更新于2026年5月14日 美国东部时间13:44
发布于2026年5月14日 美国东部时间12:37
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美国边境巡逻局局长迈克尔·班克斯周四告诉CNN，他将立即辞去职务，这是自马克韦恩·马利林就任国土安全部部长以来，又一名高级移民官员离职。
班克斯在一份声明中表示，他为自己在边境巡逻局的任职经历感到“自豪”，并表示目前美国边境正处于“该国历史上最安全的状态”。
他说：“在近37年的公职生涯后，现在是我享受家庭生活和个人生活的时候了。”
下辖边境巡逻局的美国海关与边境保护局局长罗德尼·斯科特在一份声明中感谢班克斯“为这个国家数十年的服务”。
班克斯是一名资深边境巡逻特工，此前曾担任得克萨斯州边境事务专员。
在该职位上，他作为得克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特的顾问，参与了“孤星行动”——该州针对得克萨斯官员所称的乔·拜登政府时期的边境危机采取的应对措施。
该行动以及班克斯在其中扮演的角色，获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的称赞，特朗普于2025年1月任命班克斯为边境巡逻局最高负责人。
在班克斯任职期间，其下属的边境巡逻局官员格雷戈里·博维诺在时任国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆的批准下，主导了美国内陆的移民打击行动。博维诺的强硬作风与联邦机构内的一些特工产生了分歧。
班克斯的离职是两个月内国土安全部第三次出现高层人事变动。
今年3月，特朗普解雇了国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆，此前其任期内围绕联邦政府斥巨资开展的广告宣传活动存在多个争议，再加上今年早些时候联邦官员在明尼阿波利斯枪杀两名美国公民的事件。
马利林随后被任命接替诺姆，并就任国土安全部部长一职，该部门是特朗普移民政策的核心执行机构。
上个月，代理移民和海关执法局局长托德·莱昂斯宣布离职，称希望花更多时间陪伴家人。他的最后工作日为5月31日。
国土安全部表示，长期任职的移民官员、前私营监狱公司高管戴维·文特雷拉将接替莱昂斯的职务。
本文已更新补充最新进展。
By Priscilla Alvarez, Michael Williams
Updated May 14, 2026, 1:44 PM ET
PUBLISHED May 14, 2026, 12:37 PM ET
US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks attends a roundtable discussion with local ranchers and employees from US Customs and Border Protection, in Brownsville, Texas, on January 7, 2026.
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US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks told CNN Thursday he was stepping down from his post, effective immediately, marking the latest senior immigration official to leave the Department of Homeland Security since Secretary Markwayne Mullin stepped into the top job.
In a statement, Banks said he was “proud” of his time at Border Patrol and was leaving the job now with “the most secure border” in the nation’s history.
“After almost 37 years of public service now is my time to enjoy family and life,” he said.
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, whose agency includes Border Patrol, thanked Banks in a statement for “his decades of service to this country.”
Banks was s a long time Border Patrol agent who previously served as Texas’ border czar.
In that post, he worked as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s adviser during Operation Lone Star, the state’s response to what Texas officials described as a border crisis under President Joe Biden’s administration.
That operation, and Banks’ role in it, won praise from President Donald Trump, who appointed Banks as the top Border Patrol official in January 2025.
During Banks’ tenure, a subordinate Border Patrol official, Gregory Bovino, took the helm of the administration’s immigration crackdown in the interior of the United States, with the approval of then-Secretary Kristi Noem. Bovino’s aggressive style put him at odds with some agents in the federal agency.
Banks’ departure marks the third high-profile turnover within the Department of Homeland Security in two months.
Trump fired the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, in March following months of controversies surrounding federal spending on exorbitant advertising campaigns under her tenure, along with the fatal shootings of two US citizens by federal officers in Minneapolis earlier this year.
Mullin was later tapped to replace Noem and has since assumed the post of head of DHS, which is the department at the center of Trump’s immigration agenda.
Last month, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons announced he was stepping away from his position, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. His last day will be May 31.
DHS said David Venturella, a longtime immigration official and former private prison firm executive, will replace Lyons.
This article has been updated with additional developments.
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