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  President Joe Biden announced two key immigration official nominations Monday as migrants continue to arrive at the southern border in record numbers. Police Chief Chris Magnus of Tucson, Arizona, will be nominated to head Customs and Border Protection and immigrant rights advocate Ur Jaddou will be tapped to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), according to a statement. “They are highly-regarded and accomplished professionals with deep experience in their respective fie...

/ Researchers with the Long Term Ecological Research station at the University of Colorado’s Mountain Research Station on the Niwot Ridge of Colorado’s Indian Peak work on the 2019 snow survey in the Green Lakes Valley, which includes the Arikaree Glacier and provides a substantial portion of Boulder, Colorado’s water supply. The LTER runs a snow survey in the valley every year. Lack of monsoon rainfall last summer and spotty snowfall this winter combined to worsen the Western drought dra...

New snowpack totals suggest the 20-year Western drought will persist, intensify Bob Berwyn and Judy Fahys © Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News Researchers with the Long Term Ecological Research station at the University of Colorado’s Mountain Research Station work on the 2019 snow survey in the Green Lakes Valley, which includes the Arikaree Glacier and provides a substantial portion of Boulder, Colorado’s water supply. Lack of monsoon rainfall last summer and spotty snowf...

Biden picks vocal Trump critics to lead immigration agencies Rebecca Beitsch and Rafael Bernal © Getty Images Biden picks vocal Trump critics to lead immigration agencies President Biden on Monday nominated two vocal Trump critics to fill top immigration and border policy spots in his administration. Biden pegged Tucson, Ariz., Police Chief Chris Magnus to lead Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Ur Jaddou to head United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...

Immigration: Joe Biden to name nominees to lead two key agencies CNN 1 hr ago By Priscilla Alvarez, Kevin Liptak and Geneva Sands, CNN © Getty Images U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents look on as an undocumented man is received by a Mexican immigration agent at a removal gate of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is nearing a partial shutdown as the agencys funding is...

Biden to name nominees to lead two key immigration agencies President Joe Biden plans to nominate Tucson, Arizona, police chief Chris Magnus to serve as commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection and Ur Jaddou to serve as director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to four sources familiar with the selections. Jaddou has been widely speculated as the incoming head of USCIS, which oversees the US legal immigration system. She was formerly chief counsel at the agency unde...

Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus is known for his reform-minded approach to policing and was a critic of Trump’s immigration policies.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich discusses new lawsuit over the presidents border policies on Fox & Friends. President Biden will tap Tucson, Arizona, police chief Chris Magnus as nominee to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, when he is slated to announce nominations for several top immigration and Department of Homeland Security roles, a White House official confirmed to Fox News. Magnus currently serves as the chief of police for the City of Tucson and previously spe...

President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Chris Magnus, the chief of police in Tucson, Arizona and a longtime critic

Biden taps Tucson police chief to lead CBP POLITICO 1 day ago By Quint Forgey and Anita Kumar © Ben Margot/AP Photo President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Chris Magnus as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Chris Magnus as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection — tapping a police chief from Tuscon, Ariz., to oversee the mammoth Department of Homeland Security...