{"id":23512,"date":"2020-08-20T14:13:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23512"},"modified":"2020-08-20T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:13:55","slug":"border-arrests-up-border-patrol-morale-low-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/08\/20\/border-arrests-up-border-patrol-morale-low-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprehensions Rise While Border Patrol Morale Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Border apprehensions continued their steady upward trend in July, with more than 40,000<\/a> illegal aliens apprehended \u2013 up more than 20 percent from June apprehension numbers and more than double those of April.\u00a0 Single adults from Mexico<\/a> accounted for nearly 90 percent of the apprehensions, a dramatic change from roughly a year ago when the vast majority<\/a> of apprehensions were from Central America.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complicating this growing crisis is the incredibly low morale among many of the men and women who are guarding the \u201cthin green line,\u201d according to a Border Patrol agent who spoke on the condition of anonymity. \u00a0\u201cBeing demoralized by members of Congress and the mainstream media\u201d is causing a growing crisis in morale the agent said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border Patrol agents, along with other members of America\u2019s law enforcement community, have been the target for constant, harsh criticism from the left for simply performing the jobs that Congress and local governments have set out for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice presidential aspirant Kamala Harris compared immigration enforcement agents to the Ku Klux Klan<\/a> during a hearing in 2017, and presidential aspirant Joe Biden is actively campaigning on a mass amnesty for the nation\u2019s 14.3 million<\/a> illegal immigrants, a promise that most Border Patrol agents agree will incentivize future illegal immigration, making their jobs even more dangerous and difficult. This kind of anti-enforcement rhetoric helped ignite attacks against immigration enforcement agents, such as the recent attack on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Bend, Oregon.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aware of this ongoing rhetorical and\nphysical assault on  the men and women in\ngreen, FAIR members submitted comments of gratitude and thanks to the Border\nPatrol and ICE agents who lay their lives on the line every day to protect the\nsafety and health of the nation.  A\nsample of those comments include:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n