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Last night, I heard Clyburn stating that we need better hiring standards & better pay for cops. First, most cops make pretty good $ right now. Second, the problem in

Since the #ChauvinTrail ended, I am hearing the media push that cops will quit if we remove qualified immunity and start holding them accountable. Some cops might. That’s fine bc

Spent the whole day on the border in Calexico, CA doing research on the Holtville crash that killed 13. Found the part of the wall they cut. I have been

1) Well that would be the entire agency because they are indoctrinated through the @BPUnion by the Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform which is a white supremacy hate group

While this number of apprehensions by ⁦@USBPChief⁩ is an increase over the past years, this is still within the agency’s ability to handle humanely. As you can clearly see, this

Thread on accountability and forgiveness : I have a unique perspective on this. I used to be a Border Patrol agent. I used to enforce racist, brutal policies aimed at

1) thread on Gaslighting from @USBPChief. So, last night I posted this:https://twitter.com/buddjenn/status/1314762523128721408 2) .@USBPChief quickly responded with a tweet from his personal account @RSScott_BP252 that I should “Stop with

Our immigration system is an old system designed by sons of the Confederacy. The 1st border agents were sons of Confederate generals and colonels. It is a system based on

You don’t have to take the high road in this. You don’t have to be civil or respectful. Trump is an abuser. His policies have separated families, killed children in

Your weekly encouragement thread: I know how stressful this all is. I know it feels I surmountable. I know this feels different than the America you thought you knew. The

1) I want to talk to you about speaking the truth. In the past, I did not speak the truth of what I experienced and what I knew about the

8 USC 1357 gives CBP and Border Patrol extraordinary powers that police do not have. They can legally racially profile, the can stop and detain/arrest w/out warrant, they can put