U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, talks about what she saw on her tour of area border facilities Monday, July 1, at the Border Patrol station in Clint. Ocasio-Cortez was attempting to talk over the protesters.
Klein said his agency referred the case to the Homeland Security Department’s watchdog agency, which declined to investigate and sent the case back to Customs and Border Protection. He said they are now focused on fact-finding and would identify criminal behavior if there was any, but it was not considered a criminal probe.
A news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in Border Patrol custody in May elicited a response from one member, “If he dies, he dies.” Another member posted a GIF of the “Sesame Street” character Elmo with the quote “Oh well.” Officials on Monday would not say whether those under investigation included Provost or other top brass, but said they were working through the level of responsibility someone has in the group.Not reporting misconduct is also considered misconduct, he said, and they were working to determine who was active on the page, who knew about the posts, and who were just bystander members of the group. And the investigation was ongoing regardless of rank, they said.
jennycohn1 Out of 9500?
jennycohn1 Is the head of the CBP? She was in the group too right?
jennycohn1 LockThemUp
elshamyme Too Bad..... called 1st Amendment as long as they are not advocating violence they can say what they want!!
elshamyme Is it illegal to mock lawmakers and criminals?
elshamyme Mocking!?! Oh no, not THAT! Imbecilic shriekers shall not be mocked is a commandment, isn't it?
BretBaier What happened to free speech
The psychotic left grasping at straws again! Trump2020
Dawnsfire Mocking is now against the law?
BretBaier So Border patrol cannot say anything. But Congress people can Why do Congress people have more rights than border patrol people
Bring them all down
BretBaier First amendment doesn’t apply to off duty border patrol agents?
They have the right to freedom of space too.
BretBaier Free speech for everyone but them. They have every right to be pissed off and vent.
Well with all the illegals, 'migrants', it is in bad tast.. but if those 'migrants' were not here would there be this 'news'?
🤣It's a shame they can't be locked up like right now
Out of 8,000 in the Facebook group, only 62 current employees under investigation? Under investigation for what? Terrorist threats. That’s what it should be. Everyone who agreed to a vile post should be sanctioned as well.
“Some of those that work Forces, are the same that burn crosses.”
JLily10303 That's all?
Wow last week you said 1/2 of the 18000 were racist because of the FB page.
BretBaier Horsesht
BretBaier If you haven’t let off steam about your job at some point in your life you are very young, very lucky or maybe the problem. Just don’t do it on fb or in writing.
MaddowBlog Do you think something will actually happen to them?
BretBaier Why aren't 62 Democrat DC bureaucrats under investigation for trying to over throw this President
Great thing to investigate. Are either illegal activities? Or is this hate mongering to distract the emotionally challenged from actual facts about the border fiasco? DNC blocked funding for: wall,facilities, courts, judges, legal advocates etc realDonaldTrump SpeakerPelosi
Only 62, out of how many in the group? Just wow. All of them should be fired who were participants on any and all levels. This just normalizes it with a pat pat on the hand.
Good!
Good, clean up that department. They have a important job, and we need too be able too those who work in it.
BretBaier Freedom of speech
Just gonna leave this here
Sure they are. Barr will certainly allow that. 🤣
morgfair That’s out of nearly 10,000?!?!
Mocking lawmakers should get them all raises most of our lawmakers are a disgrace to America
MaddowBlog
MaddowBlog How about Carla Provost? She was on the same Facebook Site trashing immigrants.
MichaelWinship Good. Let's hope the investigation results in corrective action.
BretBaier Mocking politicians? Lol
MaddowBlog The whole Border Patrol Service needs to be investigate and for a hell of a lot more crimes than just FB posts.
BretBaier Border patrol said they would investigate and they kept their word. Thank you and continue the great work.
BretBaier Who cares, doesn’t everyone else? TruthHurts
Only 70 total? My gut says that is low
Will it matter? The whole organization is corrupt.
Nonsense. More fake outrage.
Save the damn detention centers for the Republican Party GOP.
Why isn't rashida tlaib being investigated for calling trump an 'expletive deleted'?
BretBaier Outrageous. Far more border agents should be mocking the fools in Congress.
deport them...
Get them all. Traitors.
BretBaier Illegals are not migrants
Many in govt don't denounce POTUS tweets? Mmmmm.
Wonder if Trump Will tweet as much about this as he does the FBI and HRC
62 is a lot. Shame
BretBaier For breaking what law?
BretBaier So where are the investigations for politicians who have post calling for violence and death to our president or just plain mocking him that they do on a daily basis What about their mocking of his supporters the things they say about citizens are vile and dangerous speech
MaddowBlog lock them up
So 70 people can’t have an opinion on Facebook
BretBaier If they are guilty convict them!
BretBaier 1st Amendment Rights are not up for removal. Politicians get what they deserve based upon their words and actions attacking our citizens in law enforcement.
Swagpiper Good. Racist fascists
Mocking AOC ? How can you not?
If you think this is an isolated incident, you’re dead wrong... lots of talk like this happens behind closed doors and on private groups like Facebook and GroupMe.
Mocking lawmakers? What’s illegal about that. No credibility
BretBaier MSM mocks and degrades the President everyday. Screw them and Congress
BretBaier So “mocking” is now against the law? Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. Silly snow flakes.
BretBaier Why is the government wasting $ and time investigating being “made fun of” by employees?
If convicted, they should be barred from ever serving in a law enforcement capacity of any type. Not even as a security guard.
Yet Trump can say anything... Double standards...
Fire them no pay no leave
MaddowBlog Investigation long over due they need to be fired. They belong in jail!
Who wants to bet that realDonaldTrump will pardon them all? They're just acting the way he does.
That number seems low. CHECK AGAIN!
Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.
Free speech
Mocking lawmakers or any other people on the planet is protected by the 1st Amendment. Try getting an education before tweeting. Shit4brains
MaddowBlog WTF? Nothing will come of it. They'll probably have chat, get their hands slapped and then, they'll all go for a beer.
BretBaier Umm and the “investigation” into Congressional Democrats mocking our president and all of his followers will begin...when?
Raid their houses!!!
Patriots...smh
BretBaier OK. Now,can the lawmakers who have mocked our Border Patrol employees and the laws of the USA be investigated?
BretBaier I'd say they have every reason in the world to mock lawmakers and the inhumane situation that they have created for migrants.
BretBaier Where is their Freedom of Speech. The Fake News Outlets and Far Left Democrats have said and done far worst. Why now cry out against Free Speach? Or is Free Speach Just for Far Left Democrats?
Ok so at worst, 70 members out of the 9500 member group posted something offensive. People were ready to label the entire CBP organization Nazis based on the existence of this group. CBP employs close to 70 000 people. This is outright insanity.
Celeste_pewter Sixty two. What a joke. Every last person who liked or forwarded those posts should be 'under investigation.'
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