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Andrew Feinberg

16 Mar, 9 tweets, 4 min read

NEW: Joe Biden's problems at the US-Mexico border may be exacerbated by Border Patrol agents and union officials working with Republicans to undermine the Biden Administration, say ex-DHS and Border Patrol insiders. independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

@JennBudd

“This is a planned, coordinated attempt to sabotage the Biden administration,” said @JennBudd, a former Border Patrol agent-turned-immigrant rights activist.

independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

@JenBudd

.@JenBudd added that the fact that unaccompanied minors are being kept at Border Patrol stations for extended periods of time appears to be “an internal crisis” of the agency’s own creation: “It does not take that long to process children.”
independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

An ex-DHS official who has served at senior levels in the GW Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations said another problem Biden faces in fixing the US immigration system is a Border Patrol union that acts as if it has a veto over immigration policy matters. independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

“You have way too many scenarios where the secretary or the head of CBP issues a directive, and there’s just an absolute recalcitrance in the organization. There is a lack of command and control in a way that is dangerous.” independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

@JulianCastro

Ex-HUD Sec'y @JulianCastro said he would not be surprised if the Border Patrol union was colluding with Republicans to undermine Biden because Trump “allowed that agency to go rogue” and allowed the union to dictate policy. independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

@JulianCastro

.@JulianCastro said the Border Patrol needs accountability based on a chain of command: “Folks on the ground should not have the ability to throw a wrench into the gears by slow-walking policy or choosing what policies they’re actually going to abide by." independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

@JenBudd

But @JenBudd said there is one major action Biden can take to prevent the agency from continuing to operate as if the president doesn’t make policy that doesn't involve personnel moves.

“He has to decertify the union,” she said. independent.co.uk/voices/border-…

@BuddJenn

CORRECTION: Jenn Budd is @BuddJenn

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