Mike Banks, the US Border Patrol Chief, is stepping down only days after a Washington Examiner report cited sources to make bombshell ‘prostitution’ allegations against him. CBS News cited sources to report that Banks informed agency employees Thursday that he was retiring and returning to Texas after roughly a year and a half leading the Border Patrol. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks speaks to reporters during the visit to the US-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) “It is time for me to retire and return home to Texas to focus on my family and ranch,” Banks wrote in a farewell message to staff. His departure comes weeks after explosive allegations resurfaced in an investigative report published by the Washington Examiner, which cited six current and former Border Patrol employees accusing Banks of regularly traveling abroad to engage in sex with prostitutes. What are the allegations against Mike Banks? According to the report, multiple current and retired Border Patrol officials alleged Banks openly discussed trips to countries including Colombia and Thailand over …