As the President consistently pushes for the hiring of more border patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border, officials are struggling to find enough recruits to fill even original numerical targets as harsh conditions, unimpressive salaries and remote housing spots drive candidates away.
According to a Sunday Politico report, the Trump administration did make some strides by January, adding about 100 new agents this fiscal year.
Many officers leave the border for more lucrative law enforcement jobs, as border patrol agents get piddling overtime pay. Many go to ICE, where there are advancement opportunities for more highly educated officers and the offices are located in a “major metropolitan area” rather than a hot and dusty stretch of desert.
Per Politico, some agents have also become disillusioned over the Trump administration’s policies, balking at the family separation crisis sparked by the President’s policies.
Who wouldn’t want to have the opportunity to commit crimes against humanity, while hauling in a princely $52,583 a year?
Gee, no one wants to work in the White House, either. Or be in the cabinet (except for power-grifters and elitist .00025%ers.
a couple years ago we were trying to find a career for my SS, then 21-ish, and he was looking at military, police, etc. We looked at him being a border patrol type but then we looked at some of the towns they were hiring for. He looked at me, I looked at him, and even I, trying to get him out of the house, said we’d keep checking out other stuff.
Proud to say he’s a LEO now and liking his work.
Now Hiring:
Do you want to spend your life working in remote, harsh locations?
Does an annual salary of 40K sound good?
Do you like the idea of being the final nasty end of a dream of desperate people fleeing horrible conditions?
The Border Control is Hiring!
Unfortunately we know just the group of people who would accept these jobs with low pay and bad working conditions that no American wants
Irony dare not speak it’s name