An anonymous Customs and Border Patrol agent accused their supervisor of joking about “running over” illegal immigrants in an interview with CNN.
The interview aired Wednesday. CNN reporter Nick Valencia spoke with a “veteran agent” who agreed to blow the whistle on abuses in CBP facilities and speak about the culture of the Border Patrol in exchange for staying anonymous.
“He was making fun of [dead migrants],” the anonymous official said. “[He said,] ‘what difference does it make? It’s just another life.'”
“He made a comment also regarding running over illegals, and I’m like, ‘you cannot run over people,'” the agent said.
The agent compared CBP holding facilities for illegal immigrants to a zoo and called the conditions “filthy.”
The agent’s accusations come after the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General released a report detailing poor conditions in crowded holding facilities. Illegal immigrants detained by CBP are held in overcrowded cells with limited access to food, clean water, soap, and clean clothing.
On Monday, ProPublica reported on offensive and derogatory social media posts from a private group of 9,500 people that included current and former CBP agents. Members of the group, named “I’m 10-15” for the CBP code for “aliens in custody,” shared posts joking about dead migrants and calling for others to throw burritos at members of Congress visiting CBP holding facilities.
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