US border chief quits amid outcry over child detainees

The acting head of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a public outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas.John Sanders, appointed to the post just two months ago, said in a letter obtained by several US media outlets that he planned to step down as acting CBP commissioner on July 5.Sanders' departure coincides with the revelation of unsanitary detention conditions for children at an overcrowded Border Patrol facility