Lactating border agent fired, fights for job

KOB.com ^ | 02/12/2014 | Ryan Luby, KOB Eyewitness News 4

[Responsibility2nd]

However, not long after she became pregnant in late 2011, she explained that she experienced hostility from management.  She said she felt like she was a “nuisance” to them.
 

Well, guess what there mommy. You WERE a nuisance.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sure glad the media is all over THIS one and not Brian Terry.

[brooklyn dave]

Now you know you’re not supposed to get that breast milk all over the evidence —especially the drugs.

[GeronL]

She wanted to take the baby to work??

[FR_addict]

Sure glad the media is all over THIS one and not Brian Terry.

Good point!

[Jeff Chandler]

Coming soon to Special Forces.

[ClearCase_guy]

her superiors violated orders from her doctor

Is that how it works now?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The feral government war on women continues...

[OrangeHoof]

"Jumping out of your car and chasing somebody. Or going on a 14-mile hike,”

Things I doubt a doctor would recommend for a pregnant or new mother. Being pregnant made her unqualified for the duties of her job. I can see both sides of the argument but, ultimately, she wasn't in condition to do the work the government hired her to do so either she should have taken leave or quit the job.

[Responsibility2nd]

Even if the agency had supplied Cruz with a properly-fitted vest, her doctor didn’t want her to wear it for extended periods of time since it could hinder the flow of her breast milk.

I wonder if her new armored vest had those little flaps in front like a nursing bra? If not - well then, I could so totally see her complaint.

/sarc

[goodwithagun]

I’m a nursing mother, and this twit is nuts! Orders from her doc? Take medical leave then!

[Scrambler Bob]

Well, I hope she’s on the ‘correct’ side of the border when she delivers.

[Trod Upon]

They couldn’t use Terry to pump the “War on Women” lie. You will see a sharp turn away from anything that can’t be used to push the Purulent Pantsuit at us in 2016.

[mrsmel]

I agree. What man ever gets special consideration like this which hampers the mission of the team? Some women want it all, but just like men, they can’t have it all (unless their co-workers are forced to pick up their slack).

[mrsmel]

They don’t want the other prospective illegal aliens to hear that one of their cohort was actually punished for killing a man defending the border.

[mylife]

I was on war exercises about 15 years ago with the Army and they had a specialist that was breast pumping.
They let her sleep in the tunnel of an armored vehicle between the cockpit and the working area, which hindered egress and regress.
Then 2 soldiers would take a humvee daily and deliver the milk back behind lines, taking soldiers and equipment out of the “war zone”.

It was quite ridiculous.

[mort56]

Sounds like a “war on women” to me.

[Shimmer1]

LOL, that’s what I was thinking.

[Shimmer1]

No, you pump your breast milk, put it in a container or bag, refrigerate it or freeze it until you can get it home for Baby.
But she sounds like a royal pain in the patootie over this. I could be wrong (imagine that!!!) but she sounds like she is demanding and whiny and possibly won’t attend to her work. And there’s another one on the way! Are there Daddies to go with these babies????

[cincinnati65]

Now that you mention it, what do Border Patrol Officers do now? I know at one time they were there to catch illegal aliens and send them back across the border, but in the Obama "undocumented resident" era, what are they doing? They can't send them back.

Oh, I know. They're the "Undocumented Resident" outreach program. They must make sure that these undocumented residents get their welcome packages, with their food stamp card and their guide to government benefits.