The U.S. Border Patrol's parent agency said Friday it fired four employees and suspended 38 others without pay for inappropriate social media activity following revelations of a secret Facebook group that mocked members of Congress and migrants. The investigation began in July 2019 after posts surfaced in a Facebook group called "I'm 10-15." A news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in Border Patrol custody elicited a response from one group member, "If he dies, he dies." The posts shouldn't have just triggered firings but also an investigation into why other members never reported it.

3. —@vgescobarEscobar, a Texas Democrat, said on Twitter that the investigation should have addressed why other group members didn't report the activity.

Source: CBC News July 18, 2020 00:56 UTC