staggering percentage of border agents have been shifted from protecting the U.S.-Mexico border to processing illegal immigrants due to the uncontrolled surge into America prompted by President Joe Biden’s policies.
Several Customs and Border Protection agents told congress investigators that they have at times been forced off the front lines to process, care for, and feed illegal immigrants..
As a result, officials said morale among the staff has declined and border safety has been further jeopardized.“Operations will suffer. Operation will be impacted. They will be lessened in order to do that other humanitarian mission,” Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Dustin Caudle of the Yuma Sector in Arizona warned.“Most recently, when I looked at it, it was about 38% of the Border Patrol staff in Tucson is doing processing/detention stuff,” Chief Tucson Sector Patrol Agent John Modlin added.Several border officials were interviewed this year by the House Homeland Security Committee and revealed how staff have been forced into caring and processing from enforcement, leading to security and moral problems. Some sectors have even had to send agents to other sectors where the crush of migrants is larger.The situation has worsened recently as the surge of illegal immigrants has jumped to historic levels.