Exclusive |  Former BP agent and Texas border czar Mike Banks appointed as Trump’s Border Patrol chief

Texas’ border czar Mike Banks has been tapped to be the next US Border Patrol chief, sources told The Post Thursday.

Banks, a longtime former border agent himself, will serve as the federal agency’s 27th head under the Trump administration, according to a source familiar with his appointment.

He is set to replace Jason Owens.

Until now, Banks has been serving as the Lone Star State’s first-ever border czar — a position created by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2023 to deal with the unprecedented influx of illegal migrants pouring across the US border.

“For me, the #1 priority is to make the State of Texas the least desirable place for illegal immigration to cross,” Banks said when he took on the newly-created role.