After just seven months on the job, the leader of the U.S. Border Patrol will be leaving the post.
Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan will be stepping down on Jan. 31, Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday, according to The Washington Times.
The agency made the move public in a statement thanking Morgan for his long government service, including 20 years in the Federal Buearu of Investigation.
The announcment of Morgan's departure comes just one day after President Donald Trump made new orders to Border agents to increase enforcement of existing laws.
Morgan made headlines last year over a disagreement with then-President Obama's stance on the new illegal immigrant surge. He claimed that lax enforcement policies were leading to more migrants to attempt to cross the border.
He also stated that he was being forced to take trained agents off their duties to act as "child care providers" for children being detained at the border.
