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Border Patrol marks Christmas by again harassing humanitarian group saving lives at border:
“No amount of reform can change an agency that continuously targets people seeking humanitarian aid with violent military-style force ..." dailykos.com/story/2020/12/… #DefundCBP
“No amount of reform can change an agency that continuously targets people seeking humanitarian aid with violent military-style force ..." dailykos.com/story/2020/12/… #DefundCBP
.@NoMoreDeaths: "These raids are designed to drive migrants in need of lifesaving care away from the humanitarian aid station, making the desert even more deadly .. According to the Pima Medical Examiner, 225 bodies have been recovered this yr in the desert, up from 144 last yr." 
No More Deaths volunteer Montana Thames: "These actions are simply a continuation of the violent practices Border Patrol uses to terrorize those crossing the desert daily. They must be defunded.” #DefundCBP
NEW DOCUMENTS obtained by #FOIA request indicate the US Border Patrol union—a pro-Trump, anti-immigrant extremist organization—provoked the agency to raid our humanitarian aid camp and clinic in 2017. The documents also reveal #BORTAC’s involvement in the raid (1/x)
The documents include an email to top level CBP commissioners, urging the agency to crack down on @NoMoreDeaths. While the sender is redacted, we deduce that the author is Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council and notorious anti-immigrant fanatic.
The BP Union is one of the most powerful law enforcement unions in the country. It is a notoriously anti-immigrant extremist group. Judd regularly associates with other hate groups (like @FAIRImmigration) and acts as Trump's unofficial advisor. pbs.org/newshour/polit…
The Border Patrol’s brute power in Portland is the norm at the border.
"Border Patrol agents view themselves as a military unit, one with greater discretion in searches, arrests and the use of force than other law enforcement agencies."
latimes.com/opinion/story/… #DefundCBP
"Border Patrol agents view themselves as a military unit, one with greater discretion in searches, arrests and the use of force than other law enforcement agencies."
latimes.com/opinion/story/… #DefundCBP
"Their violent treatment of peaceful protesters in Portland has outraged observers. But the fact is, the Border Patrol has been allowed to wield power in a similar manner along the border for decades, with often deadly consequences for Latinos." #DefundCBP
"We are long overdue for limiting the CBP’s extraordinary police powers and its 100-mile border zone. Otherwise, Portland will be just the first example of our repressive border regime spreading to the rest of the United States." #DefundCBP
Internal document shows CBP protected agent involved in racist and violent Facebook group from firing.
“In one case, an employee who was recommended for removal had their penalty reduced to a seven-day suspension."
dailykos.com/stories/2020/7… #DefundCBP
“In one case, an employee who was recommended for removal had their penalty reduced to a seven-day suspension."
dailykos.com/stories/2020/7… #DefundCBP
Only four out of nearly 140 border agents investigated for their membership in a Facebook group that mocked the death of a migrant child in custody and shared other violent content were fired: dailykos.com/stories/2020/7… #DefundCBP
A DHS advisory council subcommittee in 2015 noted the unprecedented corruption among CBP agents, finding that “arrests for corruption of CBP personnel far exceed, on a per capita basis, such arrests at other federal law enforcement agencies." propublica.org/article/border… #DefundCBP
