Czar title | Official title | Office holder | Tenure | Type of appointment | Appointing administration | Senate confirmed |
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border czar | U.S. attorney and Special Representative for the Southwest Border, Department of Justice | Bersin, Alan [1] [2] | 1995–1998 | President nominated, Senate confirmed as U.S. Attorney, Appointed as Special Representative | Bill Clinton | ✓ |
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Special Representative for Border Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security | 2009–2011 | Sec of Homeland Security appointed | Barack Obama | |||
(Not specified) | Homan, Thomas [3] | 2019 | President appointed | Donald Trump | ||
Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Southern Border | Jacobson, Roberta S. [4] | 2021 | President appointed | Joe Biden | ||
Head of Diplomatic Efforts for the Root Causes Strategy on Migration [Note 1] | Harris, Kamala [5] [6] [a] [8] [9] [10] | 2021–2024 | President appointed | Joe Biden |
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CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera and CNN commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin both referred to Harris as the "border czar" in 2021 and 2023, respectively. This week, the network repeatedly rebuked the label.
The announcement led to near-immediate confusion in the media and in the White House over how involved Harris would be, with Republicans and some news outlets, including Axios, giving Harris the unofficial monicker of 'border czar.' ... This article has been updated and clarified to note that Axios was among the news outlets that incorrectly labeled Harris a 'border czar' in 2021.
A senior administration official said Harris' role would focus on "two tracks": both curbing the current flow of migrants and implementing a long-term strategy that addresses the root causes of migration.
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Czar title | Official title | Office holder | Tenure | Type of appointment | Appointing administration | Senate confirmed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
border czar | U.S. attorney and Special Representative for the Southwest Border, Department of Justice | Bersin, Alan [1] [2] | 1995–1998 | President nominated, Senate confirmed as U.S. Attorney, Appointed as Special Representative | Bill Clinton | ✓ |
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Special Representative for Border Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security | 2009–2011 | Sec of Homeland Security appointed | Barack Obama | |||
(Not specified) | Homan, Thomas [3] | 2019 | President appointed | Donald Trump | ||
Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Southern Border | Jacobson, Roberta S. [4] | 2021 | President appointed | Joe Biden | ||
Head of Diplomatic Efforts for the Root Causes Strategy on Migration [Note 1] | Harris, Kamala [5] [6] [a] [8] [9] [10] | 2021–2024 | President appointed | Joe Biden |
Shear2019
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Harris, appointed by Biden as border czar, said she would be looking at the 'root causes' that drive migration.
CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera and CNN commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin both referred to Harris as the "border czar" in 2021 and 2023, respectively. This week, the network repeatedly rebuked the label.
The announcement led to near-immediate confusion in the media and in the White House over how involved Harris would be, with Republicans and some news outlets, including Axios, giving Harris the unofficial monicker of 'border czar.' ... This article has been updated and clarified to note that Axios was among the news outlets that incorrectly labeled Harris a 'border czar' in 2021.
A senior administration official said Harris' role would focus on "two tracks": both curbing the current flow of migrants and implementing a long-term strategy that addresses the root causes of migration.
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