This except from “Why Some U.S. Border Agents Are Contemplating Suicide” – By Michele DeMarco and Joe Nocera

 

“The Biden administration’s policy has been to release migrants into the U.S. so long as they say they have “credible fear” of returning to their native countries. The migrants have all been instructed to use the phrase—and the agents feel hamstrung when they hear it. In December 2023, for example, over 75 percent of the nearly 250,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border were released into the U.S. with nothing more than a notice to appear at some future date in immigration court. Immigration courts are currently backlogged with more than 3 million pending cases.”

 

It is true of most occupations that deal with social interactions with humans: It isn’t the job that wears you down, it is the drain on your psyche and energy that gets you.  These Border Patrol agents interviewed are stuck in a grey paralyzed swamp of indecision and futility.

You can see where they are coming from.