Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Border Patrol Agents Say They’ll Leave En Masse If Harris Wins

Are they more serious than the celebrities who say they will leave this country if Trump wins?

Jon Dougherty  

. . ."He added: “On behalf of the 16,000 men and women represented by the National Border Patrol Council, we strongly support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States.' ”

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"Border Patrol agents are threatening to leave the essential federal agency in large numbers if Vice President Kamala Harris wins in November, with several agents telling the New York Post that they cannot endure another four years of being undermined and scapegoated.

" 'I’m not doing this s–t again … four years of hell,” one agent, who isn’t anywhere close to retirement, told the outlet. Another added, “Lots of guys who can retire will go. If Trump wins, they’ll stay.”

"On Monday, the Border Patrol union, National Border Patrol Council, offered a full-throated endorsement of the former president.

"Insiders report that the Border Patrol has experienced significant turnover and a sharp decline in morale under the Biden-Harris administration.

"The agency has lost more than 4,000 personnel since October 2020, leaving approximately 19,000 employees, according to the Washington Examiner.

"Incentives such as raising recruitment bonuses from $10,000 to as much as $30,000 and encouraging retired agents to return have not been enough to close the gap." . . .

“Under this administration, they’ve done everything they could to make our job as inefficient as possible. They can’t outwardly tell us not to do our job, but when you’re watching criminals come in and get released it sucks,” another agent told The Post."

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