Posted on 11/30/2022 12:35:59 PM PST by george76
The unprecedented crisis at the southern border appears to be taking a toll on rank-and-file Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers — with three agents taking their lives in November.
This brings the 2022 total suicides within the agency to 14, more than any year in over a decade
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It’s a very serious epidemic that’s happening within the agency,” said US Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), whose congressional district runs along the US-Mexico border from Del Rio to El Paso.
While there’s no single reason attributed for the spike in agent suicides, Gonzales feels the ongoing migrant crisis — with more than 2 million people crossing the border in the last year, hundreds of immigrant deaths, children arriving alone at border crossings, long work hours and dealing with high-stress situations — is taking its toll.
“Work has gotten very difficult on them,” explained Gonzales, who is in touch with Border Patrol agents every day. “I’ve seen it in their faces. I’ve heard it in their voices for months now. It’s almost, ‘How much can a person take?’ And often, they’ve taken a lot before they break.”
Border Patrol Agent Robert M. Boatwright, who was stationed in Las Cruces, New Mexico, was identified Monday as the latest agent to take his life.
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Boatwright, a US Army veteran, died Nov. 20. He had been an agent for 10 years and a canine handler since 2016. He left behind a wife and two children.
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If only that was White House Staff.
Stories like these bring “Epstein” to mind ...
I don’t know any border agents, but I do know multiple cops that became desensitized and/or alcoholics.
Responding to domestic calls over and over...
One I knew quit responding to anything other than officer needs assistance.
He just watched NetFlix pretending like he was clocking traffic.
Were they the agents "who knew too much?"
We can never know what he was going through
But did he wonder how it would affect his wife abd kids?
Democrats have broken our society.
Assistant Democrats (a/k/a RINOs) are also muchly to blame.
Are they really suicides? Or...Were they suicided?
Exactly! My question as well.
You almost can’t blame him.
I don’t blame him at all.
Why wouldn’t they just find another job?
Why not just quit?
I am sure Pelosi will blame Trump and J6th activities for their death... She still claims 5 agents died on J6th, including one who died 3 months later in a DC hit and run.. yea, she really includes him in the count.
my first reaction also
MS13 running low on uniforms?.
Jeffery Epstein didn’t kill himself!
Biden has so much blood on his hands it’s up to his neck.
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