Texas veteran Jason Owens appointed as Border Patrol's new chief.

Jason Owens, a 27-year veteran of the Border Patrol, has been named as the agency's next chief by the Biden administration. Owens currently leads the Border Patrol's sector in Del Rio, Texas. He will take over when the current Border Patrol chief, Raul Ortiz, steps down at the end of the month. Owens will be the third chief to lead the Border Patrol and its workforce of roughly 19,000 agents under Biden, and the 26th overall.