Video of Border Patrol Altercation with Leadership is Only Tip of Iceberg
Matthew Tragesser
Posted: Feb 01, 2022 12:01 AM
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Video of Border Patrol Altercation with Leadership is Only Tip of Iceberg
Source: Townhall Media/Julio Rosas
A video showing an altercation between Border Patrol agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leadership in Laredo, Texas, is making rounds on social media. The interaction was seen as unprecedented, and the optics were disastrous for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz. This video, however, is just the tip of the iceberg. Spats among frontline workers and Biden’s DHS leadership are a widespread, recurring pattern with no end in sight.
The latest video from Laredo reveals a major problem: The employees of the nation’s largest federal law enforcement agency do not have faith in its leaders.
In the video, Border Patrol agents scold Chief Ortiz in front of Secretary Mayorkas, who was conducting a rare border trip. “You keep releasing criminal illegal aliens into the country,” agents yelled. Another agent shouted, “That’s the problem, chief…For evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. That’s exactly what’s happening here. Good men are doing nothing. You’re allowing illegal aliens to be dropped off in communities."
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