The theft raises more questions about lawlessness in the union’s ranks.
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Mon. Feb 24, 2020
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The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds
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The head of the powerful union representing border patrol agents nationwide said the FBI is working to identify who stole some $500,000 out of the coffers of the El Paso local. The theft raises more questions about lawlessness in the union’s ranks.
by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen
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A Group of Agents Rose Through the Ranks to Lead the Border Patrol. They’re Leaving It in Crisis.
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How several agents from a small outpost in Arizona, including recently retired chief Carla Provost, climbed to the top of the Border Patrol, then one by one retired, leaving corruption, misconduct and a toxic culture in their wake.
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Border Patrol Officials Dodged Congress’ Questions About Migrant Children’s Deaths
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The chair of a House Homeland Security subcommittee reprimanded Border Patrol officials for concealing information about migrant children’s deaths. Officials did not respond to the chairwoman's criticism.
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Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn’t match the Border Patrol's account of his death.
by Robert Moore and Susan Schmidt special to ProPublica, and Maryam Jameel, ProPublica
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Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.
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The Trump administration is creating a center that will give immigration agents access to information from U.S. intelligence agencies. Migrants and others denied entry will be unable to see the evidence against them because it is classified.
by Melissa del Bosque
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“Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It
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Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen had been investigated for years before he used his 4,000-pound truck to assault a fleeing migrant.
by A.C. Thompson
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The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants
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Years after quitting her job as an attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Laura Peña returned to the fight — defending migrants she’d once prosecuted. Then, a perplexing family separation case forced her to call upon everything she’d learned.
by Melissa del Bosque
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Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
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The information in the databases comes from foreign police and militaries, and it is being used to detain migrants and separate them from their children. Legal experts and human rights advocates say they were not told about the databases and question their reliability.
by Melissa del Bosque
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Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
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The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”
by A.C. Thompson
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