
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Monday named John Sanders as the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, filling a week-old vacancy created when President Donald Trump put McAleenan in charge of DHS after firing Kirstjen Nielsen. Sanders had been chief operating officer of CBP since last July, filling a new position created by McAleenan, who was sworn in as CBP’s chief in March 2018 to help run the day to day management of the agency. Sanders is…