Donald Trump will demand money for more border patrol agents in December when Congress takes up the appropriation bill to fund the government. But a new study by Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute finds that the agency is riddled with severe discipline and corruption problems. Till it fixes it, Congress shouldn’t even think of acquiescing to Trump’s demand.
He notes:
From 2006 through 2016, Border Patrol agents had the highest termination rate of any large federal law enforcement agency. On the whole, they were 2.2 times as likely to be terminated for discipline or performance as federal law enforcement officers in general and 49 percent more likely than Customs officers, 54 percent more likely than guards at the Bureau of Prisons, six times as likely as Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, 7.1 times as likely as Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and 12.9 times as likely as Secret Service agents.
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