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Ryan Devereaux
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NEW: Border Patrol chief Carla Provost was a member of secret Facebook group interc.pt/2G8AxAs
The chief was the most senior of Border Patrol supervisors we identified in the group — others included chief patrol agents overseeing whole sectors, agents overseeing individual stations and union officials who have enjoyed direct access to the president theintercept.com/2019/07/12/bor…
News of the chief's participation in the Facebook group comes as @aoc, @RepEscobar, @RepRashida and @RepPressley are right now testifying before @RepCummings and the House Oversight and Reform Committee about their recent border visit.

Watch here: c-span.org/video/?462505-…
Bit more fallout from the BP FB group: at the end of today's oversight hearing, Jennifer Costello, acting DHS IG, confirmed that due to the reports that leadership knew about the group and did nothing, her office will be reviewing the matter in addition to CBP's investigation.
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Ryan Devereaux
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NEW: Border Patrol agents tried to delete racist and obscene Facebook posts. We archived them. interc.pt/2JsH8Gx
Some background on the secret Border Patrol Facebook group story.

On Monday, @acinvestigates/@propublica published this blockbuster, revealing that the group “I’m 10-15” joked about migrant deaths and posted sexist memes, including some directed at @AOC propublica.org/article/secret…
The aftershocks were immediate, with @CBP announcing the launch of an investigation and lawmakers calling for agents responsible for the posts to lose their jobs.
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Ryan Devereaux
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Today, Scott Warren, an Arizona humanitarian aid volunteer, goes to trial to face felony charges for allegedly allowing two undocumented migrants access to food, water and a place to sleep in 2018.

He faces up to 20 years in prison. My report on his case. theintercept.com/2019/05/04/no-…
On the eve of his trial, Warren published an op-ed highlighting the alarming precedent his conviction, resting on broad interpretations of federal harboring and smuggling statutes, could set for “millions of mixed-status families in the United States.”

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
Warren’s trial is expected to run a week and a half. I will be in court throughout, providing updates when possible.
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Ryan Devereaux
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Thousands of migrants have died in Arizona's desert. I spent a year reporting on aid volunteers whose efforts to save lives put them in the government’s crosshairs.

One, Scott Warren, faces 20 years in prison — he’s telling his story for the first time. theintercept.com/2019/05/04/no-…
This account is based on hours of conversation with Warren, a year’s worth of court filings, hundreds of pages of internal government communications, numerous trips into the Sonoran Desert and interviews with priests, anarchists, former Border Patrol agents and many others.
Scott Warren’s first trial begins Monday, the second is scheduled for May 29.

His case reflects both the most aggressive action the administration has taken against humanitarian aid providers, and the extension of a fight that began decades ago theintercept.com/2019/05/04/no-…
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Arlen Parsa
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@USBPChief @DavidBegnaud The secret group where your Border Patrol officers joked about dead migrants had nearly 10,000 members.

You only have 21,000 officers.

Your culture problem is enormous. I don’t believe you when you say you just learned about this from an article today.

@USBPChief @DavidBegnaud Since @USBPChief doesn’t use her real name on Twitter, I will tell you who she is.

This is Carla Provost. She runs Border Patrol facilities that force children to sleep on the floor with no blankets.

She refuses to let Americans donate blankets to kids as young as 5.
@USBPChief @DavidBegnaud Carla Provost, @USBPChief, is paying out $84 million in bonuses to Border Patrol officers this year.

Meanwhile kids are sleeping on the floor with no blankets in her camps.

A 9,500 person secret Facebook group (about half of her total officers) included jokes about kids dying.
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Dannielle Blumenthal PhD
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People kept in disgusting conditions specifically to deter migration; a massive secret Facebook group that is vile, expressing violence, sexually degrading.These are an indefensible disgrace to the uniform. People need to be fired.
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Certain things can be explained. These things cannot be.
Statement from @CBP 2:11 pm today.

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Yikes: Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes propublica.org/article/secret… via @propublica
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Josh Russell
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well i was going to look into the #Facebook group and #twitter accounts for "Being Patriotic" #Trthedailybeast.com/russians-appea…PvJcCkSPjS
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