{"id":25217,"date":"2021-11-15T14:44:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25217"},"modified":"2021-11-15T15:41:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:41:20","slug":"vaccine-mandate-threat-border-patrol-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/15\/vaccine-mandate-threat-border-patrol-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Shot at Border Patrol Clears Way for Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If the Biden administration carries out threats to fire unvaccinated Border Patrol officers by N<\/a>o<\/a>v. 22<\/a>, the service could lose up to 11,532 agents \u2013 leaving a mere 8,013 on duty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the president\u2019s vax mandate and normal rates of attrition, the Border Patrol stands to lose a whopping 59 percent of its personnel<\/a> amidst an ongoing border crisis, according to an internal government report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noting that the southern border is \u201calready dangerously understaffed,\u201d a group of Republican congressmen warns that the administration is setting up the Border Patrol for massive failure. In a Nov. 1 letter<\/a> to President Joe Biden, the lawmakers wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith a\nrecord number of illegal border crossings this year and no end in sight,\nterminating Border Patrol agents for their choice not to vaccinate against\nCOVID-19 \u2014 when many agents have a more effective natural immunity \u2014 is not\nonly irresponsible, but is a dereliction of your duty as Commander-in-Chief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Tony Gonzales<\/a>, a Texas Republican whose district spans 800 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, stated: \u201cWith morale at an all-time low, [the vaccine mandate]will serve as a last straw for agents who can easily leave the agency for other law enforcement organizations at the state or local level, or retire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that 20 percent of Border Patrol agents have not complied with the vaccine mandate. The agency \u201cappears to have one of the highest refusal rates among the federal workforce,\u201d the Post said, but added that \u201cthe share of employees getting shots or fulfilling notification requirements has risen rapidly over the past several days.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going\nforward, Gonzales pointed out, \u201cIt takes more than 400 days for applicants to\ngo through the hiring process. New recruits then have over 20 weeks of training\nat the Border Patrol Academy. It would be impractical to rely on additional\nrecruiting for anticipated shortages.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever one thinks about the\nvaccine, there\u2019s no justification for a paradoxical policy that punishes Border\nPatrol officers while continuing to allow unscreened and unvaccinated migrants\ninto the country. It is illogical to make Border Patrol officers expendable\nduring a border crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For two years Border Patrol agents have had to go on the line risking their lives to apprehend illegal aliens,\u201d says Mark Morgan<\/a>, former acting commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol. \u201cNow according to \u2018the science\u2019 [these officers]have to get vaccinated or lose their job, but the very illegal aliens they’re apprehending don’t have to get vaccinated. That’s nonsensical.”#<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the Biden administration carries out threats to fire unvaccinated Border Patrol officers by Nov. 22, the service could lose up to 11,532 agents \u2013 leaving a mere 8,013 on duty. Between the president\u2019s vax mandate and normal rates of attrition, the Border Patrol stands to lose a whopping 59 percent of its personnel amidst<\/p>\n

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