Amongst other recess appointments, President Obama installed former Border Czar Alan Bersin as the Commissioner for Customs and Border Protection on March 27, 2010. The administration nominated Mr. Bersin for the post in September 2009, but in the long appointments backlog in the Senate, no confirmation hearing for Mr. Bersin had been scheduled yet.
In April 2009, DHS Secretary Napolitano appointed Mr. Bersin as a Special Representative for Border Affairs, a.k.a. Border Czar, a position similar to the one he held under President Clinton, when he served as the Attorney General’s Southwest Border Representative. Mr. Bersin was a major force behind Operation Gatekeeper in San Diego, an effort to dramatically increase Border Patrol enforcement to keep undocumented immigrants from entering the U.S.
As Commissioner of CBP, Bersin will lead an agency with over 50,000 employees, responsible for welcoming travelers and immigrants to the United States, facilitating trade and enforcing customs laws, and preventing smugglers, criminals, and potential terrorists from entering the country.
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