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Three Border Patrol agents die by suicide in three weeks
New York Post ^ | November 30, 2022 | MaryAnn Martinez

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: border; borderprotection; cbp; customs

1 posted on 11/30/2022 12:35:59 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

If only that was White House Staff.


2 posted on 11/30/2022 12:37:18 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: george76

Stories like these bring “Epstein” to mind ...


3 posted on 11/30/2022 12:37:45 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: george76

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.


4 posted on 11/30/2022 12:39:00 PM PST by EEGator
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To: CatOwner
Stories like these bring “Epstein” to mind ....

Were they the agents "who knew too much?"

5 posted on 11/30/2022 12:48:23 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

We can never know what he was going through
But did he wonder how it would affect his wife abd kids?


6 posted on 11/30/2022 12:55:31 PM PST by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: george76

Democrats have broken our society.


7 posted on 11/30/2022 1:05:48 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Assistant Democrats (a/k/a RINOs) are also muchly to blame.


8 posted on 11/30/2022 1:09:20 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: george76

Are they really suicides? Or...Were they suicided?


9 posted on 11/30/2022 2:00:11 PM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: frank ballenger

Exactly! My question as well.


10 posted on 11/30/2022 2:00:48 PM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: EEGator

You almost can’t blame him.


11 posted on 11/30/2022 2:07:56 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam

I don’t blame him at all.


12 posted on 11/30/2022 2:09:59 PM PST by EEGator
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To: george76

Why wouldn’t they just find another job?


13 posted on 11/30/2022 2:25:41 PM PST by GingisK
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To: george76

Why not just quit?


14 posted on 11/30/2022 2:33:27 PM PST by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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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.


15 posted on 11/30/2022 4:01:20 PM PST by gswilder
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To: CatOwner
Stories like these bring “Epstein” to mind ...

my first reaction also

16 posted on 11/30/2022 4:28:07 PM PST by SisterK (the final variant is communism)
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To: george76

MS13 running low on uniforms?.


17 posted on 11/30/2022 4:29:00 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: CatOwner

Jeffery Epstein didn’t kill himself!


18 posted on 11/30/2022 6:51:34 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: george76

Biden has so much blood on his hands it’s up to his neck.


19 posted on 11/30/2022 7:21:29 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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