1/4 One thing buried in these docs from @JasonLeopold:
an entity primed to be abused under an authoritarian president is @CBP's "BORTAC"- the hyper militarized arm of Border Patrol.

There are virtually no limits on its ability to serve as an internal security service in the US
2/4 BORTAC is a tactical group - like SWAT. It was apparently "on standby" throughout the country to intervene in protests against police brutality in 2020 like it later did in Portland. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
3/4 Is that legal? Well, Border Patrol can operate within 100 air miles of any land or sea port in the U.S. That is where over 2/3 of Americans live. aclu.org/other/constitu…
4/4 And @CBP is the nation's largest law enforcement agency.

So reforming it is not only about immigration, but its about preventing us from becoming a security state. pogo.org/report/2021/10…

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