Historic Record: Four Border Patrol Agents Commit Suicide in Only Two Weeks
"Mayorkas doesn't have to deal with the Administration's border failures. The agents do, and as the 14 lives lost in one year suggest, suicide is a cry for help," noted Kevin McCarthy.
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Four Border Patrol agents (USBP) have taken their own lives in just two weeks. The alarming figure was brought to light by Raul Ortiz - head of the USBP - who reported the suicide of two agents. Rep. Mayra Flores (R) who tweeted about the death of a third party. And the general vice-president of the USBP National Council, Sergio Moreno, who confirmed the death of a fourth agent.
Record number of suicides
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), of which the Border Patrol is a part, set a record of 14 agent suicides in 2009. In September of this year, the Washington Examiner reported that 11 CBP employees had taken their own lives so far this year. With the deaths reported in the last two weeks, the agency would have surpassed its previous all-time high.
"Border Patrol agents are committing suicide at record rate this year as frustrations within the agency over a historic increase in illegal immigration under the Biden Administration mount," notes Just The News, who also sent a request for information to CBP which went unanswered.
Alarm reaches Congress
The alert over the high number of suicides reached Congress, where House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy singled out Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for not doing enough to address the problem:
"Since the Biden Administration took office, we lost our purpose," added an anonymous USBP agent, highlighting a sense of low morale among CBP personnel.
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