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I used to detain migrants at the border. Now I help them

A thoughtful insightful piece by @BuddJenn who was a border patrol agent from 1995 to 2001 and now volunteers at a shelter for asylum seekers and provides a unique perspective on immigration issues

southernborder.org/i_used_to_deta…
"This border and the people who come to it are deserving of our compassion and friendship... The truth that I learned nearly two decades ago was and is that investing in our border communities will make us far safer than militarizing will." @BuddJenn southernborder.org/i_used_to_deta…
"It is way past time that those in power listen to the border residents, to the immigration experts and community organizers and leaders that have been down here for generations trying to hold together these communities." @BuddJenn southernborder.org/i_used_to_deta…
More here from a Q&A with @BuddJenn southernborder.org/q_a_with_jenn_…
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