US Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks abruptly resigns, Fox News learns

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told Fox News on Thursday he is resigning, effective immediately. 

"It's just time," Banks told Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin. 

"I feel like I got the ship back on course from the least secure, disastrous, chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen," he said. "Time to pass the reigns, 37 years, it's time to enjoy the family and life."

Banks has previously detailed his upbringing in the small town of Warner Robins, Georgia.