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Border Patrol chief cites drop in southern border encounters during National Police Week remarks
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Chief Michael Banks of the United States Border Patrol said during National Police Week events that daily encounters at the southern border are down 93%, March recorded the lowest monthly encounters in history, and recruiting for federal agencies has increased sharply, comments delivered while honoring fallen officers.
Chief Michael Banks of the United States Border Patrol said this week, during National Police Week events, that daily encounters at the southern border are down 93% and that March posted “the lowest numbers of encounters in recorded history.”
Banks spoke as the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies joined memorial and wreath-laying events in Washington, D.C., honoring fallen law enforcement officers. He said the…
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