Lets say he was flagged because of being vocal against the current administration; how do you think the incentive structure works for something like this to be

Lets say he was flagged because of being vocal against the current administration; how do you think the incentive structure works for something like this to be executed? The president says I don’t like my critics. The person heading the CBP thinks they can get promoted if they show results on harassing critics. So they push that down as a goal...and somewhere a few weeks later agents on the ground actually take this up as a task to execute. Is that a realistic understanding?