Alan Bersin To Be Border Czar (Again)

By KELLY THORNTON
Voice of San Diego

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The position, based in Washington, D.C., is a presidential appointment that requires Senate confirmation. If Bersin is nominated, passes a background check and is confirmed, he will take over an agency with a $9 billion annual budget. All told, the agency has more than 40,000 employees, including 18,000 Border Patrol agents and 20,000 customs officers guarding 327 ports of entry and total of 7,000-miles of border with Mexico and Canada.