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| Few Rogue Border Agents Resist Trump Policies |
| 2017-02-20 |
| [PoliZette] Union leader says some stations continue to follow Obama 'catch and release' directives. Some border patrol stations have been slow to carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement executive order and instead have continued former President Barack Obama’s "catch-and-release" policies, according to a union official. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told LifeZette that he raised concerns Thursday with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Ronald Vitiello. He said he is confident that issue soon will be corrected. But Judd said as recently as Thursday, some border patrol stations were still releasing border-jumpers, often without even issuing notices to appear in immigration court hearings. Obama’s policy was to release anyone claiming to have been living continuously in the United States since before Jan. 1, 2014, if they did not have criminal records or active warrants. "We’re still walking people out the door," Judd said. "The catch-and-release policy is still in place in some sectors." Judd said it was a minority of sectors that have been resisting Trump’s new directives. He laid the blame at the feet of U.S. Border Patrol managers, not front-line officers. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 I recall when Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. That got their attention. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-02-20 14:08 |
| #5 Insubordination can and will get you fired if the direction comes from the top |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-02-20 12:39 |
| #4 With all the union rules designed to protect workers it's probably difficult to compile all the documentation that will be required to can their asses. But it must be done. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-02-20 10:33 |
| #3 My nephew (BP in Az.) tells me that there was an influx of 'questionable new hires' over the last three years by the previous administration and that many are not physically capable to run down a 'colonist' (he chuckled when I called them that) in that terrain or even qualified for law enforcement (his words). He says that they seem (mostly) to have been vetted by their belief in 'Open Border Philosophy' or not. Guess which types were hired. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-02-20 10:11 |
| #2 Your brother agents are not going to have your back. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-20 09:43 |
| #1 Fire the managers and promote the deputy. If they don't follow orders, fire them. I don't think some of these snowflakes get how this works and Trump was a CEO. Unlike your previous government bosses, if you don't perform you are GONE. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-02-20 09:18 |