Mike Banks, President Donald Trump’s top Border Patrol official, resigned from the position on Thursday, “effective immediately.”

Banks’ departure from the Border Patrol comes under the cloud of sex tourism allegations against him.

Several current and former border patrol agents told the Washington Examiner last month that Banks “bragged” about having sex with prostitutes in countries that included Colombia and Thailand.

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    “I don’t know how he became the chief of the Border Patrol with his character,”

    In all other regards, the current administration had maintained such a high bar for ethics in selecting high-ranking officials that this instance could scarcely be believed.