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Border Patrol applications highest in U.S. history under Trump
The CenterSquare ^ | 5/14/25 | Bethany Blankley

Posted on 05/14/2025 11:42:05 AM PDT by CFW

Since President Donald Trump took office, U.S. Border Patrol has seen an unprecedented surge in applications from men and women who want to serve at the U.S. borders.

From January to April 2025, USBP received 34,650 applications, representing a 44% increase over the same four-month period in 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says.

“This historic spike in applicants is a direct reflection of the renewed national commitment to border security under the leadership of President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” it said.

Under Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks, Texas’ first Border Czar, the first quarter of 2025 marks “the most successful four-month recruitment stretch in the agency’s history.”

In January, the month Trump was sworn into office, Border Patrol received the highest number of applications in recorded history since the agency’s founding in 1924.

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Under the Biden administration, USBP’s attrition rate was 6.9% – 72% higher than that of the Office of Field Operations – and was “expected to climb to over 9% by 2028.”

Under Trump, who was endorsed by the Border Patrol union, that trajectory has reversed in just a few short months.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: americans; borderpatrol; security; trump
People want to work for a government agency whose job is securing our borders when that is what is actually being done. Many agents had quit in disgust and others weren't signing up for being babysitters to illegal aliens under the Biden error.

Much like the enlisted numbers in the military that have skyrocketed under Trump and Hegseth's leadership, the number of people applying to work for BP have increased dramatically.

1 posted on 05/14/2025 11:42:05 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

If I was young and interviewing I would ask if this is a fun job.....................


2 posted on 05/14/2025 11:47:03 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I would ask “Will I be ALLOWED to do my job or will I be told to stand down all the time?”


3 posted on 05/14/2025 11:53:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Either they want the government to bacon or they want to get some Mexican bacon helping illegals get into the country.

How come no one wants to get into north Korea?

Why cant the US enforce immigration laws?

Why are here so many people willing to spend someone else's money to help illegals get settled, avoid the law, and get government assistance? Why?

We are broke as a country and the left thinks its funny.

4 posted on 05/14/2025 11:54:51 AM PDT by Ikeon ( Why don't they, do what they say? Say what they mean? One thing leads to another. )
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To: Ikeon

Why are here so many people willing to spend someone else’s money to help illegals get settled, avoid the law, and get government assistance? Why?

they are mentally ill


5 posted on 05/14/2025 3:39:53 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

liberalism is a mental disorder....michael savage
and it will be the end of US


6 posted on 05/14/2025 3:41:13 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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