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A ProPublica investigation found that a secret Facebook group for Border Patrol agents is—surprise—full of vile posts where members cracked jokes about the deaths of people crossing the U.S-Mexico border and talked about throwing burritos at Latinx members of Congress, whom they described as “bitches,” “hoes,” and “scum buckets.
” In response, the Border Patrol union released a weak statement that condemns what they called the “inappropriate” and “unprofessional” posts but then tries to attack Ocasio-Cortez, and makes no mention of whether or not they will perform an investigation or take disciplinary action.
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