Brandon Judd
{{Short description|American law enforcement officer}}
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Brandon Judd is an American law enforcement officer and union organizer who is the nominee for the United States ambassador to Chile under Donald Trump.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-06 |title=Trump nominates Brandon Judd as ambassador to Chile |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5025757-trump-nominates-brandon-judd-as-ambassador-to-chile/amp/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Career
Judd was commissioned as a field agent in the United States Border Patrol in 1997. His first duty station was in Imperial, California.{{cite web |title=Brandon Judd |url=https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO06/20131120/101515/HHRG-113-GO06-Bio-JuddB-20131120.pdf |website=house.gov |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=December 5, 2024}} Beginning in 2002, he was Special Operation Mountain Team Leader and a field training officer stationed in Naco, Arizona. He has also served as an instructor at the Border Patrol Academy, and as a field agent at Border Patrol posts in Houlton, Maine; El Centro, California; Tucson, Arizona; and Havre, Montana.
In 2001, Judd was elected president of the National Border Patrol Council local union in El Centro, California and, from 2010 to 2012, served as president of the NBPC local in Tucson, Arizona. In 2013, he was unanimously elected NBPC national president.{{cite news |title=At Trump’s side, Border Patrol union leader in spotlight |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/at-trumps-side-border-patrol-union-leader-in-spotlight |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=PBS |date=January 5, 2019}}
Judd retired from the U.S. Border Patrol in May 2024 after 27 years of service.{{cite news |title=Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, to retire |url=https://ktar.com/story/5572536/brandon-judd-president-of-the-national-border-patrol-council-to-retire-in-may/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=KTAR-TV |date=May 5, 2024}} In December of that year, Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint Judd as United States ambassador to Chile.{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Myah |title=Trump names ICE chief and makes another round of immigration announcements |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/05/congress/trump-ice-chief-rodney-scott-00192974 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=Politico |date=December 5, 2024}}
Personal life
Judd is fluent in Spanish.
References
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External links
- [https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2022/05/05/USAT/5b10dc4e-63c6-4edb-b6fc-d90974c56bc8-XXX_Brandon_Judd_GettyImages-1317662480_dcb.jpeg?crop=5192,5192,x1296,y0 2022 photo of Brandon Judd]
- {{C-SPAN|75229}}
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Category:United States Border Patrol agents
Category:Second Trump administration personnel