WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he was considering appointing Mark Morgan, chief of border police of former President Barack Obama, who supports the Trump Border Wall. , head of the US agency "Immigration and Customs Enforcement".
"I am pleased to inform all those who believe in a strong, fair and solid immigration policy that Mark Morgan will join the Trump administration as the head of our workers. ICE, "wrote Trump on Twitter.
Morgan, who led the Border Patrol for six months, showed his support for the Trump Border Wall in January.
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Detainees are seen at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Inmates attend chapel service at Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
The property of the detainees is seen at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Detainees are seen at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Detainees are seen at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Handcuffs are seen at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
On May 18, 2018, in the United States, an ICE officer is sighted at the Otay Mesa Immigrant Detention Center in San Diego, California. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Barbed wire is seen through a door at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
A guard watches a suicidal prisoner in a cell at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
An inmate is in a cell at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Detainees are seen at the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in San Diego, California, United States, May 18, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
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Trump's radical immigration policy will likely be one of the main problems of the 2020 presidential election. The Wall is one of Trump's main goals since the 2016 campaign, but it has so far failed to materialize despite opposition from Democrats and the lack of an agreement on funding it.
(Report by Timothy Gardner, edited by Lisa Shumaker)
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