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Border Patrol Suicides and the Senate Border Bill’s Agent Training Mandates
‘We see things people should never see’
By Andrew R. Arthur on May 24, 2024
AMay 19 Free Press article is captioned “Why Some U.S. Border Agents Are Contemplating Suicide”. It’s a long and harrowing piece, but if you have empathy for the 18,000-plus Border Patrol agents standing between you and the drugs and criminals flowing over the Southwest border, you should give it a read. And then consider what new “training” the drafters of the “Senate border bill” have concluded those agents need.
“We See Things People Should Never See, Like Rotting Human Remains, Abuse of Every Kind”. The subheader on that Free Press article reads “We see things people should never see, like rotting human remains, abuse of every kind. Do you know what that does to you over time?”, and it’s not hyperbole.
It details how smugglers use toddlers to distract agents while running other migrants into the United States; the concerns agents have for the migrants they find in distress; the impact border horrors have on the agents’ mental health; and the lack of apparent concern about any of the foregoing facts on the part of the administration.
Consider, for example, the following excerpt:
https://cis.org/Arthur/Border-Patrol-Suicides-and-Senate-Border-Bills-Agent-Training-Mandates
