The Border Patrol’s opaque approach to law enforcement and its reckless lack of accountability does not just affect undocumented border crossers.
It’s your problem, too.
The latest example of how bad things are comes from the American Immigration Council, which examined 809 complaints of abuse filed against the Border Patrol. It found 13 that resulted in any action by Border Patrol’s parent agency, Customs and Border Protection.
Thirteen. Out of 809. Forty percent were still pending investigation.
Some people think this doesn’t matter because of who is involved. People who cross the border without documents are lawbreakers who deserve no sympathy, according to this argument.
There are at least four big holes in that excuse.
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