Ex-Border Patrol Chief says Biden never spoke to him during his tenure

The former Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol advised 60 Minutes that President Biden never spoke to him during his two years on the job. Neither did Vice President Kamala Harris, tapped because the administration’s “border czar” by President Biden in May 2021.

Raul Ortiz served because the U.S. Chief of Border Patrol underneath President Biden and deputy chief underneath former President Trump earlier than retiring in May 2023. 

Then-U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz listens during a information convention, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In an interview that aired Sunday, Ortiz excoriated politicians – Republicans and Democrats alike – who have interaction in media ops in a “two-mile stretch,” uncared for a whole bunch of miles of open borders. 

But he expressed specific frustrations for the president, saying that in his two years in workplace, “I’ve never had one conversation with the president or vice president.” 

“I was the chief of the Border Patrol, I commanded 21,000 people. That’s a problem,” he stated. 

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Ortiz stated the U.S. wants to ship a clearer message to Central and South America that they are going to be despatched again if they don’t have a respectable asylum declare. 

Asked if he believed the White House has despatched combined messages to migrants, he stated: “most definitely.” 

Ortiz presided over Border Patrol during a number of the most high-profile incidents, together with 15,000 Haitian migrants underneath the bridge in Del Rio, brokers being falsely accused of whipping, the tip of Title 42 expulsions, and record-setting unlawful crossings. 

Ortiz testified underneath oath in March 2023 during a House discipline listening to in McAllen, Texas that the border isn’t safe. He retired two months later. 

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His interview comes after Biden and Trump made dueling journeys to the southern border, underscoring how central the border is to the 2024 presidential election.