Michael Fisher Appointed Chief of Border Patrol

On May 7, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin announced  that Michael J. Fisher would assume the role of Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol. Chief Fisher most recently served as the Chief Patrol Agent of the San Diego, California, Sector.

In his new position, Chief Fisher is the nation’s highest-ranking Border Patrol agent, and directs the enforcement efforts of more than 20,000 Border Patrol agents responsible for patrolling our nation’s borders between the official ports-of-entry.

Fisher started his duty along the Southwest Border in 1987 in Douglas, Arizona.  In 2003, he also worked as Deputy Director for the Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Anti-Terrorism in Washington, D.C., where we was CBP’s liaison to the inter-agency intelligence community for anti-terrorist planning and operations coordination.  In 2007, Fisher became Chief Patrol Agent of the San Diego Sector.  Since this January, Fisher has been the Acting Chief of Border Patrol, and he will now hold the position officially.