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The Green Monster: How the Border Patrol became America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency

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The US Border Control is one of the biggest law enforcement agencies in the country.  It's also one of the most corrupt.

From border control agents taking advantage of young women crossing the border, to fraud and an overall lack of checks and balances, US Border Control has major flaws.

From the story: "Corruption and excessive force have also skyrocketed along with the massive hiring surge. In fact, between 2005 and 2012, nearly one CBP officer was arrested for misconduct every single day—part of a pattern that Ronald Hosko, former assistant director of the FBI’s criminal investigation division, calls “shocking.” During Obama’s first term, the sheer number of allegations was so glaring that, according to two CBP officials, DHS under Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered Customs and Border Protection to change its definition of corruption to downplay to Congress the breadth of the problem."

Read the full investigation at Politico.


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