The practices of the U. S.Immigration and Border Patrol have always been a very controversial topic to talk about. On one side you have people coming into the country looking for a better future and life for themselves and their children. On the other side there's Border Patrol who are doing a better job with more manpower and improved technology on keeping illegal immigrants out. There have also been efforts -- such as DACA, FFF, and NLIC -- to help illegal immigrants who have crossed the border and are living in the United States. The Border Patrol is not only facing the problems controlling the influx of illegal immigrants, but they are also involved in fighting drug wars against cartels. While the Border Patrol has changed dramatically
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This should concern President Donald Trump, who in January signed an executive order to hire 5,000 more agents.
However, Border Patrol agents have significant disciplinary, performance and even corruption problems that should be resolved before hiring more agents. Border Patrol is the second-largest federal law enforcement agency in the country, with nearly 20,000 agents. They have extraordinary powers to enter property close to the Mexican border without a warrant and run checkpoints within 100 miles of any land or sea border, but they don’t have any of the oversight that is very common in even small police departments.
James Tomsheck, the former head of an internal affairs department that oversaw Border Patrol, recently said that it is “conservative to estimate that 5 percent of the Border Patrol force” is corrupt. This “corruption” ranges from the brutal misconduct to the common workplace. Border Patrol agent Esteban Manzanares assaulted, kidnapped and raped three illegal immigrants he encountered while on the job and later committed suicide when the police surrounded his apartment. The youngest of his victims was still in his home at the time. Oscar Ortiz was convicted of conspiring to bring at least 100 illegal immigrants into the United States and, oddly enough, being an illegal immigrant himself with a false claim to U.S.
This should concern President Donald Trump, who in January signed an executive order to hire 5,000 more agents.
However, Border Patrol agents have significant disciplinary, performance and even corruption problems that should be resolved before hiring more agents. Border Patrol is the second-largest federal law enforcement agency in the country, with nearly 20,000 agents. They have extraordinary powers to enter property close to the Mexican border without a warrant and run checkpoints within 100 miles of any land or sea border, but they don’t have any of the oversight that is very common in even small police departments.
James Tomsheck, the former head of an internal affairs department that oversaw Border Patrol, recently said that it is “conservative to estimate that 5 percent of the Border Patrol force” is corrupt. This “corruption” ranges from the brutal misconduct to the common workplace. Border Patrol agent Esteban Manzanares assaulted, kidnapped and raped three illegal immigrants he encountered while on the job and later committed suicide when the police surrounded his apartment. The youngest of his victims was still in his home at the time. Oscar Ortiz was convicted of conspiring to bring at least 100 illegal immigrants into the United States and, oddly enough, being an illegal immigrant himself with a false claim to U.S.