A CBS News investigation has found sexual misconduct
in the ranks of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is significantly
higher than in other federal law enforcement agencies, reports CBS News
correspondent Anna Werner, citing the agency's former head of internal affairs.
Sexual Abuse has reportedly been going on in the ranks Border Patrol for many
years now. The risky business taken on by many who illegally cross the border
often entails some form of sexual repayment, and oftentimes Border Patrol is
corrupt in its workings. In April, one agent in Arizona was indicted for
sexually assaulting a 5-year-old child off duty. The allegation is just the
latest in a string of cases where agents -- on or off duty -- have been accused
of sex crimes against women or children. For eight years, James Tomsheck
handled sexual misconduct investigations as the Chief of Internal Affairs at
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. What he says he saw disturbed
him. Between 2012 and 2014, he found there was a "spike" of more
than 35 sexual misconduct cases against agents, a rate he says was
significantly higher than other law enforcement agencies.
This wasn't particularly shocking to me. For English
with Chapman, I'm reading The Working Poor, and in the book, the author talks about
the rising rates of sexual abuse in border affairs, both in federal agents and
illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border. Reportedly
corrupt, Border Patrol agencies are often involved with immigration across
the border. This is reminiscent of the immigration quotas of the latter decades
of the 19th century, for US attempts of blocking passage of immigrants
created many problems in addition to solving immigration issues.
Source:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-border-patrol-has-a-sex-abuse-problem-says-whistleblower/
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