Carla Provost
 Carla Provost     (policewoman) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 21, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kansas State University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chief of the United States Border Patrol from August 2018 through January 2020.
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Carla L. Provost[1] is a retired American government official who was Chief of the United States Border Patrol from August 2018 through January 2020.[2][3][4][2]
Provost held numerous positions during her 25-year career in the Border Patrol, including serving as Deputy Chief beginning in October 2016, and Acting Chief from April 2017 until her promotion in August 2018.[5][6][7]
Activities
As US Border Patrol Chief Provost criticized comments by agents who were members of a private Facebook group with 9500 members that derided immigrants and posted sexist memes.In July 2019 The Intercept reported that Provost was also a member of the group.[8]
Provost retired from federal employment in January 2020, around the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, after 25 years as a Border Patrol agent.[9]
References
- ↑ https://www.cbp.gov/frontline/carla-provost-agent-chief
- ↑ a b https://apnews.com/8655ff05a6f594d5e5d72be0dfecffe0
- ↑ https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/carla-l-provost-named-chief-us-border-patrol
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/carla-provost-officially-named-first-woman-chief-border-patrol-n899171
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/26/border-patrol-names-carla-provost-acting-chief.html
- ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/26/border-patrol-names-carla-provost-acting-chief/100948796/#
- ↑ https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/us-border-patrol-chief-selects-carla-provost-deputy-chief-border
- ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/border-patrol-chief-carla-provost-secret-facebook-065325932.html
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/border-patrol-chief-rodney-scott/index.html
