Customs and Border Protection commissioner: "I have no plans to resign"

Chris Magnus, US Customs and Border Protection commissioner, has no intention of resigning from his position. Fox News (which obtained access to an email sent by Magnus to senior Customs and Border Protection personnel) reported that despite being asked by Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro N. Mayorkas to resign from his position, he refuses to do so:

This is a new setback for the Biden Administration, which is dealing with internal disagreements caused by the CBP commissioner's attitude. According to CNN, Magnus has been criticized for being out of touch with the agency and for publicly disagreeing with U.S.-Mexico border policy or Title 42.

Magnus, who prior to accepting the position was the former police chief in Tucson, Arizona, has been on the job for nearly a year. Throughout his tenure, migrants apprehended at the border have been on the rise. According to Department of Homeland Security data, nearly 2.4 million migrants were apprehended at the border during this fiscal year (which ended in September). This is a 37% increase compared to last year.

GOP congressmen called for him to be fired earlier this month

Mayorkas is not alone in wanting Chris Magnus to step down. On November 1, several Republican members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Biden calling for the removal of the current US Customs and Border Protection commissioner, as well as the immediate firing of Alejandro Mayorkas himself.

In the letter, they referred to the fact that Magnus was not committed to his work and that he did not attend the meetings held at the White House on the border crisis. He responded to these accusations on his Twitter account by making it clear that he will not resign from his position.