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Border Patrol witnesses describe operational strain, deaths and morale problems at Southwest border
Summary
Union and former Border Patrol officials testified that recent years strained field operations, citing large migrant surges, increased employee suicides, resource shortfalls and challenges retaining and training agents.
National Border Patrol Council leaders and former Border Patrol agents told the subcommittee that sustained large migration flows and policy changes shifted agents away from traditional law enforcement duties and created serious operational and human-cost consequences.
John Anfison, executive vice president of the National Border Patrol Council and former Border Patrol agent, said the agency’s work “shifted from that of law enforcement, to that of processing asylum claims,” adding that “we weren't there to do it” when people later were…
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