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hot take: the border patrol is a self selecting group of people and in particular it self selects to be the most fervent traditionalist culture warriors. There'

hot take: the border patrol is a self selecting group of people and in particular it self selects to be the most fervent traditionalist culture warriors. There's a reason the border patrol union was one of the few professional organizations to back Trump. Trying to police them into doing things like respecting statistics is going to be a game of whack a mole unless you can somehow tare the whole organizational culture down.

TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
Of course the border partrol union backed the guy saying he was going to strengthen border protection.
IAmEveryone 9y ago
The specific policy on how assaults are measured is likely set by a small group or a single individual somewhere in the force's leadership, or possibly even at DHS. So while your idea of agents' background may be right, I doubt it has had an effect here. Also note that the policy changed with the new administration, while the border patrol's staff is unlikelyto have changed significantly in such a short time.