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The vote was 50-47, with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine voting in favor of Magnus.
Magnus, who served as police chief in Tucson, Arizona, will inherit an agency of more than 60,000 employees, putting him in charge of the largest federal law enforcement agency and the second-largest revenue-collecting source in the federal government. Customs and Border Protection hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader since 2019.
“There is no doubt in my mind that Chief Magnus has the right qualifications for this position,” Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, chair of the Senate Finance Committee,…
