WASHINGTON—A report of vulgar, violent posts in a private Facebook group of current and former U.S. Border Patrol agents has drawn the furor of Democratic lawmakers already skeptical of the agency’s ability to humanely manage the influx of asylum seekers at the border with Mexico. ProPublica reported on Monday that members of the online group joked about people who have died attempting to enter the U.S. and had made threats against Democratic members of Congress who were scheduled to tour detention facilities at the border...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 02, 2019 15:00 UTC