Border Agent Morale Tanks: ‘We’re Not Making Any Difference’

Border Agent Morale Tanks: ‘We’re Not Making Any Difference’
Border Patrol agents look for illegal aliens around a riverbed from a railway bridge near Uvalde, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
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Morale among Border Patrol agents has plummeted to an all-time low as they struggle to process unprecedented volumes of illegal immigrants, while knowing they’re unable to secure the border against cartel activity. Many blame their own leadership for enabling it.

“Day after day, they just look like they want to eat their gun,” an agent told The Epoch Times, referring to some local agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, who he says are bearing the brunt of it. “They just look like hell. It’s hard to put it—you just start seeing the life leaving people’s faces.”

Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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