“To these CBP officers saying they felt ‘threatened by me,’ ” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response. Representatives from Customs and Border Protection, which includes Border Patrol, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “When we walked inside the facility, there were CBP agents taking selfies with us in the background,” Torres said. Don’t let the actions of a few be representative of the whole, is what I’d ask.”Hastings also said “appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken” against any Border Patrol agents employed by the U.S. government. READ MOREA Facebook group for border agents was rife with racism and sexism.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2019 14:43 UTC