Border Patrol Union Official Weighs In on Morale, Border Security Policies

Illegal immigrants cross the Rio Grande to surrender to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 13, 2022. Herika Martine/AFP via Getty Images

Border Patrol agents are struggling with low morale as they come to terms with a new normal of attempting to stop tens of thousands of border crossings each month, said Jon Anfinsen, the president of the National Border Patrol Union chapter in Del Rio, Texas.

“Morale is just, it’s just kind of nonexistent,” Anfinsen told NTD News. “And it’s been that way for a while. The past couple of years have been rough.”