Ahern takes CBP helm

Ahern takes CBP helm

Ahern

   Jayson Ahern took over as acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday afternoon after Ralph Basham completed his final day on the job and headed into retirement.
   Basham was scheduled to retire in December after a long law enforcement career that included stints as head of the Secret Service and chief of staff at the Transportation Security Administration, but stayed on an extra two months at the request of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.