Border Patrol Is Detaining Migrants in ‘a Human Dog Pound’

[Vassenor]

So have we had any attempts to actually attack what AOC has said and presented, or are we just trading barbs again?

[Liriena]

What's the hypocrisy, exactly?

One who supposedly opposes stereotypes trying to invoke them in a debate lol

I didn't "try to invoke them in a debate lol". You were the one who complained about being stereotyped because I said, and I quote:

Credit where it's due, though: at least you used a meme spread by some FB grandma rather than an Infowars article.

But I get it. Anything to own the right-wingers.

Our motto is "be gay do crime" :^)

[Nova Cyberia]

One who supposedly opposes stereotypes trying to invoke them in a debate lol

I didn't "try to invoke them in a debate lol". You were the one who complained about being stereotyped because I said, and I quote:

Credit where it's due, though: at least you used a meme spread by some FB grandma rather than an Infowars article.

To which you said I was stereotyping myself because of the flag (and the amount of bitching that the flags have triggered is hilarious, btw).

But I get it. Anything to own the right-wingers.

Our motto is "be gay do crime" :^)

cringy af

[Liriena]

So have we had any attempts to actually attack what AOC has said and presented, or are we just trading barbs again?

Given that the attempt to make the discussion about AOC's involvement in this issue devolved into a pointless exercise in nitpicking gestures followed by a long series of increasingly personal snark... it's the second.

[Liriena]

I didn't "try to invoke them in a debate lol". You were the one who complained about being stereotyped because I said, and I quote:

Credit where it's due, though: at least you used a meme spread by some FB grandma rather than an Infowars article.

To which you said I was stereotyping myself because of the flag

wut?

(and the amount of bitching that the flags have triggered is hilarious, btw).

I'm not particularly interested in "bitching" about Honkler. As far as I'm concerned, Honkler continues to be the adorable reboot of unironic Joker memes, and I'm happy to treat them as such.

Our motto is "be gay do crime" :^)

cringy af

Painful, isn't it?

[Arkhane]

How to be a compassionate democrat.

Step 1: Subvert, vote against or at least delay bills and proposals that release funding to border facilities and security in order to help them hire more personnel, room and supplies for accomodating illegals.

Step 2: Watch with glee and do absolutely nothing as border facilities struggle with processing and accomodating illegals from lack of funding.

Step 3: Wait with relish as said border facilities become overcrowded and the conditions become worse that there's not enough funds for even basic amenities.

Step 4: Crop pictures and manipulate perspective, post on twitter and shout "DOG POUNDS!/NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS!"

Step 5: Go to the border to see the suffering you've inflicted and pose for photos and act out your delicious fantasy drama, depict yourself as a sympathetic figure willingly reaching out and weeping in solidarity with the illegals suffering there due to the conditions YOU HAD THE POWER TO PREVENT BUT WILLINGLY DENY IN EXCHANGE FOR PUBLICITY AND VOTES FROM THE UNINFORMED BUT SYMPATHETIC MASSES.

Step 6: Offer a solution that completely and consistently caused the degradation of multiple countries that attempted it.

[Gormwood]

So have we had any attempts to actually attack what AOC has said and presented, or are we just trading barbs again?

Since AOC stood in front of a road leading to a detention facility because said facility banned journalists and protestors from approaching, she was clearly lying about her feelings and was virtue signalling for publicity, according to conservatives.

[Nakena]

I'm not particularly interested in "bitching" about Honkler. As far as I'm concerned, Honkler continues to be the adorable reboot of unironic Joker memes, and I'm happy to treat them as such.

But you must admit that the Honkler has been an immensely sucessfull meme as of recently, doesnt it?

[Liriena]

How to be a compassionate democrat.

Step 1: Subvert, vote against or at least delay bills and proposals that release funding to border facilities and security in order to help them hire more personnel, room and supplies for accomodating illegals.

Step 2: Watch with glee and do absolutely nothing as border facilities struggle with processing and accomodating illegals from lack of funding.

Step 3: Wait with relish as said border facilities become overcrowded and the conditions become worse that there's not enough funds for even basic amenities.

Step 4: Crop pictures and manipulate perspective, post on twitter and shout "DOG POUNDS!/NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS!"

Step 5: Go to the border to see the suffering you've inflicted and pose for photos and act out your delicious fantasy drama, depict yourself as a sympathetic figure willingly reaching out and weeping in solidarity with the illegals suffering there due to the conditions YOU HAD THE POWER TO PREVENT BUT WILLINGLY DENY IN EXCHANGE FOR PUBLICITY AND VOTES FROM THE UNINFORMED BUT SYMPATHETIC MASSES.

Step 6: Offer a solution that completely and consistently caused the degradation of multiple countries that attempted it.

Can we have a link to the FB post you stole this from. I'd like to see more of this stuff.

[Liriena]

I'm not particularly interested in "bitching" about Honkler. As far as I'm concerned, Honkler continues to be the adorable reboot of unironic Joker memes, and I'm happy to treat them as such.

But you must admit that the Honkler has been an immensely sucessfull meme as of recently, doesnt it?

I give it a few months until Honklers ruin their own meme with their self-seriousness and lack of sublety, and it goes the way of GAMERSRISEUP.

[Vassenor]

How to be a compassionate democrat.

Step 1: Subvert, vote against or at least delay bills and proposals that release funding to border facilities and security in order to help them hire more personnel, room and supplies for accomodating illegals.

Step 2: Watch with glee and do absolutely nothing as border facilities struggle with processing and accomodating illegals from lack of funding.

Step 3: Wait with relish as said border facilities become overcrowded and the conditions become worse that there's not enough funds for even basic amenities.

Step 4: Crop pictures and manipulate perspective, post on twitter and shout "DOG POUNDS!/NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS!"

Step 5: Go to the border to see the suffering you've inflicted and pose for photos and act out your delicious fantasy drama, depict yourself as a sympathetic figure willingly reaching out and weeping in solidarity with the illegals suffering there due to the conditions YOU HAD THE POWER TO PREVENT BUT WILLINGLY DENY IN EXCHANGE FOR PUBLICITY AND VOTES FROM THE UNINFORMED BUT SYMPATHETIC MASSES.

Step 6: Offer a solution that completely and consistently caused the degradation of multiple countries that attempted it.

You're getting straw on the carpet.

[Gormwood]

I'm not particularly interested in "bitching" about Honkler. As far as I'm concerned, Honkler continues to be the adorable reboot of unironic Joker memes, and I'm happy to treat them as such.

But you must admit that the Honkler has been an immensely sucessfull meme as of recently, doesnt it?

Successful memes are barely curbs to climb. Plus fixating on a badly drawn cartoon frog with a clown makeover because its creator rightfully killed and buried it shows a lack of creativity and originality.

[Nova Cyberia]

To which you said I was stereotyping myself because of the flag

wut?

How do you manage to forget shit that happened just a few pages ago?

(and the amount of bitching that the flags have triggered is hilarious, btw).

I'm not particularly interested in "bitching" about Honkler. As far as I'm concerned, Honkler continues to be the adorable reboot of unironic Joker memes, and I'm happy to treat them as such.

Then muster yourself to stop complaining lol

cringy af

Painful, isn't it?

Like most lefty memes.

[Liriena]

But you must admit that the Honkler has been an immensely sucessfull meme as of recently, doesnt it?

Successful memes are barely curbs to climb. Plus fixating on a badly drawn cartoon frog with a clown makeover because its creator rightfully killed and buried it shows a lack of creativity and originality.

Leftists make all these Photoshop and vaporwave masterpieces while /pol/acks remain stuck on the Microsoft Paint level. Very bland. The only thing keeping them afloat is the shock value and cheap absurdism.

[Liriena]

wut?

How do you manage to forget shit that happened just a few pages ago?

Ah, let me guess... you thought me going "honk honk" meant I was stereotyping you based on your flag?

Nah, I was just culturally appropriating your "honk honk"

I'm not particularly interested in "bitching" about Honkler. As far as I'm concerned, Honkler continues to be the adorable reboot of unironic Joker memes, and I'm happy to treat them as such.

Then muster yourself to stop complaining lol

Where have I "complained" about Honkler?

Painful, isn't it?

Like most lefty memes.

Good. No pain, no gain. ;3

[Nova Cyberia]

So have we had any attempts to actually attack what AOC has said and presented, or are we just trading barbs again?

Since AOC stood in front of a road leading to a detention facility because said facility banned journalists and protestors from approaching, she was clearly lying about her feelings and was virtue signalling for publicity, according to conservatives.

when mom won't tell your brother to pass the controller

[Nova Cyberia]

How do you manage to forget shit that happened just a few pages ago?

Ah, let me guess... you thought me going "honk honk" meant I was stereotyping you based on your flag?

Nah, I was just culturally appropriating your "honk honk"

cultural appropriation bad

Where have I "complained" about Honkler?

Like most lefty memes.

Good. No pain, no gain. ;3

Don't worry. We'll continue supplying you with memes. Without any of ours to co-opt you wouldn't have any.

[Neutraligon]

What's the hypocrisy, exactly?

One who supposedly opposes stereotypes trying to invoke them in a debate lol

But I get it. Anything to own the right-wingers.

Both of you ENOUGH!!!. We said that posters are not the topic of this thread and you have already made each other the topic of the thread.

[Telconi]

So have we had any attempts to actually attack what AOC has said and presented, or are we just trading barbs again?

Does it really need attacking, AOC's biggest critic will always be herself.

[Liriena]

Alright then, my flamboyant gay ass is going to repost this one more time.

Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings.

In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.”

Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15” and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country. (10-15 is Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody.”) The group described itself, in an online introduction, as a forum for “funny” and “serious” discussion about work with the patrol. “Remember you are never alone in this family,” the introduction said.

Responsible for policing the nation’s southern and northern boundaries, the Border Patrol has come under intense scrutiny as the Trump administration takes new, more aggressive measures to halt the influx of undocumented migrants across the United States-Mexico border. The patrol’s approximately 20,000 agents serve under the broader U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, which has been faulted for allegedly mistreating children and adults in its custody. The agency’s leadership has been in turmoil, with its most recent acting chief, John Sanders, resigning last week.

ProPublica received images of several recent discussions in the 10-15 Facebook group and was able to link the participants in those online conversations to apparently legitimate Facebook profiles belonging to Border Patrol agents, including a supervisor based in El Paso, Texas, and an agent in Eagle Pass, Texas. ProPublica has so far been unable to reach the group members who made the postings.

ProPublica contacted three spokespeople for CBP in regard to the Facebook group and provided the names of three agents who appear to have participated in the online chats. CBP hasn’t yet responded.

“These comments and memes are extremely troubling,” said Daniel Martinez, a sociologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who studies the border. “They’re clearly xenophobic and sexist.”

The postings, in his view, reflect what “seems to be a pervasive culture of cruelty aimed at immigrants within CBP. This isn’t just a few rogue agents or ‘bad apples.’”

The Border Patrol Facebook group is the most recent example of some law enforcement personnel behaving badly in public and private digital spaces. An investigation by Reveal uncovered hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers who moved in extremist Facebook circles, including white supremacist and anti-government groups. A team of researchers calling themselves the Plain View Project recently released a hefty database of offensive Facebook posts made by current and ex-law enforcement officers.

And in early 2018, federal investigators found a raft of disturbing and racist text messages sent by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona after searching the phone of Matthew Bowen, an agent charged with running down a Guatemalan migrant with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The texts, which were revealed in a court filing in federal court in Tucson, described migrants as “guats,” “wild ass shitbags,” “beaners” and “subhuman.” The messages included repeated discussions about burning the migrants up.

Several of the postings reviewed by ProPublica refer to the planned visit by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, including Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Veronica Escobar, to a troubled Border Patrol facility outside of El Paso. Agents at the compound in Clint, Texas, have been accused of holding children in neglectful, inhumane conditions.

Members of the Border Patrol Facebook group were not enthused about the tour, noting that Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from Queens, had compared Border Patrol facilities to Nazi concentration camps. Escobar is a freshman Democrat representing El Paso.

One member encouraged Border Patrol agents to hurl a “burrito at these bitches.” Another, apparently a patrol supervisor, wrote, “Fuck the hoes.” “There should be no photo ops for these scum buckets,” posted a third member.

Perhaps the most disturbing posts target Ocasio-Cortez. One includes a photo illustration of her engaged in oral sex at an immigrant detention center. Text accompanying the image reads, “Lucky Illegal Immigrant Glory Hole Special Starring AOC.”

Another is a photo illustration of a smiling President Donald Trump forcing Ocasio-Cortez’s head toward his crotch. The agent who posted the image commented: “That’s right bitches. The masses have spoken and today democracy won.”

The posts about Escobar and Ocasio-Cortez are “vile and sexist,” said a staffer for Escobar. “Furthermore, the comments made by Border Patrol agents towards immigrants, especially those that have lost their lives, are disgusting and show a complete disregard for human life and dignity.”

The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Joaquin Castro, reviewed the Facebook discussions and was incensed. “It confirms some of the worst criticisms of Customs and Border Protection,” said Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio. “These are clearly agents who are desensitized to the point of being dangerous to migrants and their co-workers.” He added that the agents who made the vulgar comments “don’t deserve to wear any uniform representing the United States of America.”

Vicki Gaubeca, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, said the postings are more evidence of the sexism and misogyny that has long plagued the Border Patrol. “That’s why they’re the worst at recruiting women,” said Gaubeca, whose group works to reform the agency. “They have the lowest percentage of female agents or officers of any federal law enforcement agency.”

In another thread, a group member posted a photo of father and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down in the Rio Grande. The pair drowned while trying to ford the river and cross into the U.S.; pictures of the two have circulated widely online in recent days, generating an outcry.

The member asked if the photo could have been faked because the bodies were so “clean.” (The picture was taken by an Associated Press photographer, and there is no indication that it was staged or manipulated.) “I HAVE NEVER SEEN FLOATERS LIKE THIS,” the person wrote, adding, “could this be another edited photo. We’ve all seen the dems and liberal parties do some pretty sick things…”

So, as it turns out, a sizeable portion of CBP is involved in what could be generously described as a very nasty Facebook group that seems to have a hard-on for cruelty and apathy towards the deaths of people they are supposedly responsible for... oh, and not being exactly the most impartial and cool-headed people when it comes to the politicians who are supposed to oversee them.

Man, it'd sure suck if Nancy Pelosi just gave them more money with no additional oversight or accountability.

[Liriena]

So have we had any attempts to actually attack what AOC has said and presented, or are we just trading barbs again?

Does it really need attacking, AOC's biggest critic will always be herself.

That's very nice, fren, but you could give making an actual argument a shot. It's good exercise and too much pointless snark will make you bitter.

[The Two Jerseys]

Alright then, my flamboyant gay ass is going to repost this one more time.

Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings.

In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.”

Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15” and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country. (10-15 is Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody.”) The group described itself, in an online introduction, as a forum for “funny” and “serious” discussion about work with the patrol. “Remember you are never alone in this family,” the introduction said.

Responsible for policing the nation’s southern and northern boundaries, the Border Patrol has come under intense scrutiny as the Trump administration takes new, more aggressive measures to halt the influx of undocumented migrants across the United States-Mexico border. The patrol’s approximately 20,000 agents serve under the broader U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, which has been faulted for allegedly mistreating children and adults in its custody. The agency’s leadership has been in turmoil, with its most recent acting chief, John Sanders, resigning last week.

ProPublica received images of several recent discussions in the 10-15 Facebook group and was able to link the participants in those online conversations to apparently legitimate Facebook profiles belonging to Border Patrol agents, including a supervisor based in El Paso, Texas, and an agent in Eagle Pass, Texas. ProPublica has so far been unable to reach the group members who made the postings.

ProPublica contacted three spokespeople for CBP in regard to the Facebook group and provided the names of three agents who appear to have participated in the online chats. CBP hasn’t yet responded.

“These comments and memes are extremely troubling,” said Daniel Martinez, a sociologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who studies the border. “They’re clearly xenophobic and sexist.”

The postings, in his view, reflect what “seems to be a pervasive culture of cruelty aimed at immigrants within CBP. This isn’t just a few rogue agents or ‘bad apples.’”

The Border Patrol Facebook group is the most recent example of some law enforcement personnel behaving badly in public and private digital spaces. An investigation by Reveal uncovered hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers who moved in extremist Facebook circles, including white supremacist and anti-government groups. A team of researchers calling themselves the Plain View Project recently released a hefty database of offensive Facebook posts made by current and ex-law enforcement officers.

And in early 2018, federal investigators found a raft of disturbing and racist text messages sent by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona after searching the phone of Matthew Bowen, an agent charged with running down a Guatemalan migrant with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The texts, which were revealed in a court filing in federal court in Tucson, described migrants as “guats,” “wild ass shitbags,” “beaners” and “subhuman.” The messages included repeated discussions about burning the migrants up.

Several of the postings reviewed by ProPublica refer to the planned visit by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, including Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Veronica Escobar, to a troubled Border Patrol facility outside of El Paso. Agents at the compound in Clint, Texas, have been accused of holding children in neglectful, inhumane conditions.

Members of the Border Patrol Facebook group were not enthused about the tour, noting that Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from Queens, had compared Border Patrol facilities to Nazi concentration camps. Escobar is a freshman Democrat representing El Paso.

One member encouraged Border Patrol agents to hurl a “burrito at these bitches.” Another, apparently a patrol supervisor, wrote, “Fuck the hoes.” “There should be no photo ops for these scum buckets,” posted a third member.

Perhaps the most disturbing posts target Ocasio-Cortez. One includes a photo illustration of her engaged in oral sex at an immigrant detention center. Text accompanying the image reads, “Lucky Illegal Immigrant Glory Hole Special Starring AOC.”

Another is a photo illustration of a smiling President Donald Trump forcing Ocasio-Cortez’s head toward his crotch. The agent who posted the image commented: “That’s right bitches. The masses have spoken and today democracy won.”

The posts about Escobar and Ocasio-Cortez are “vile and sexist,” said a staffer for Escobar. “Furthermore, the comments made by Border Patrol agents towards immigrants, especially those that have lost their lives, are disgusting and show a complete disregard for human life and dignity.”

The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Joaquin Castro, reviewed the Facebook discussions and was incensed. “It confirms some of the worst criticisms of Customs and Border Protection,” said Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio. “These are clearly agents who are desensitized to the point of being dangerous to migrants and their co-workers.” He added that the agents who made the vulgar comments “don’t deserve to wear any uniform representing the United States of America.”

Vicki Gaubeca, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, said the postings are more evidence of the sexism and misogyny that has long plagued the Border Patrol. “That’s why they’re the worst at recruiting women,” said Gaubeca, whose group works to reform the agency. “They have the lowest percentage of female agents or officers of any federal law enforcement agency.”

In another thread, a group member posted a photo of father and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down in the Rio Grande. The pair drowned while trying to ford the river and cross into the U.S.; pictures of the two have circulated widely online in recent days, generating an outcry.

The member asked if the photo could have been faked because the bodies were so “clean.” (The picture was taken by an Associated Press photographer, and there is no indication that it was staged or manipulated.) “I HAVE NEVER SEEN FLOATERS LIKE THIS,” the person wrote, adding, “could this be another edited photo. We’ve all seen the dems and liberal parties do some pretty sick things…”

So, as it turns out, a sizeable portion of CBP is involved in what could be generously described as a very nasty Facebook group that seems to have a hard-on for cruelty and apathy towards the deaths of people they are supposedly responsible for... oh, and not being exactly the most impartial and cool-headed people when it comes to the politicians who are supposed to oversee them.

Man, it'd sure suck if Nancy Pelosi just gave them more money with no additional oversight or accountability.

Cops have twisted sense of humor, I'm shocked.

[Gormwood]

Alright then, my flamboyant gay ass is going to repost this one more time.

Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings.

In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.”

Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15” and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country. (10-15 is Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody.”) The group described itself, in an online introduction, as a forum for “funny” and “serious” discussion about work with the patrol. “Remember you are never alone in this family,” the introduction said.

Responsible for policing the nation’s southern and northern boundaries, the Border Patrol has come under intense scrutiny as the Trump administration takes new, more aggressive measures to halt the influx of undocumented migrants across the United States-Mexico border. The patrol’s approximately 20,000 agents serve under the broader U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, which has been faulted for allegedly mistreating children and adults in its custody. The agency’s leadership has been in turmoil, with its most recent acting chief, John Sanders, resigning last week.

ProPublica received images of several recent discussions in the 10-15 Facebook group and was able to link the participants in those online conversations to apparently legitimate Facebook profiles belonging to Border Patrol agents, including a supervisor based in El Paso, Texas, and an agent in Eagle Pass, Texas. ProPublica has so far been unable to reach the group members who made the postings.

ProPublica contacted three spokespeople for CBP in regard to the Facebook group and provided the names of three agents who appear to have participated in the online chats. CBP hasn’t yet responded.

“These comments and memes are extremely troubling,” said Daniel Martinez, a sociologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who studies the border. “They’re clearly xenophobic and sexist.”

The postings, in his view, reflect what “seems to be a pervasive culture of cruelty aimed at immigrants within CBP. This isn’t just a few rogue agents or ‘bad apples.’”

The Border Patrol Facebook group is the most recent example of some law enforcement personnel behaving badly in public and private digital spaces. An investigation by Reveal uncovered hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers who moved in extremist Facebook circles, including white supremacist and anti-government groups. A team of researchers calling themselves the Plain View Project recently released a hefty database of offensive Facebook posts made by current and ex-law enforcement officers.

And in early 2018, federal investigators found a raft of disturbing and racist text messages sent by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona after searching the phone of Matthew Bowen, an agent charged with running down a Guatemalan migrant with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The texts, which were revealed in a court filing in federal court in Tucson, described migrants as “guats,” “wild ass shitbags,” “beaners” and “subhuman.” The messages included repeated discussions about burning the migrants up.

Several of the postings reviewed by ProPublica refer to the planned visit by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, including Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Veronica Escobar, to a troubled Border Patrol facility outside of El Paso. Agents at the compound in Clint, Texas, have been accused of holding children in neglectful, inhumane conditions.

Members of the Border Patrol Facebook group were not enthused about the tour, noting that Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from Queens, had compared Border Patrol facilities to Nazi concentration camps. Escobar is a freshman Democrat representing El Paso.

One member encouraged Border Patrol agents to hurl a “burrito at these bitches.” Another, apparently a patrol supervisor, wrote, “Fuck the hoes.” “There should be no photo ops for these scum buckets,” posted a third member.

Perhaps the most disturbing posts target Ocasio-Cortez. One includes a photo illustration of her engaged in oral sex at an immigrant detention center. Text accompanying the image reads, “Lucky Illegal Immigrant Glory Hole Special Starring AOC.”

Another is a photo illustration of a smiling President Donald Trump forcing Ocasio-Cortez’s head toward his crotch. The agent who posted the image commented: “That’s right bitches. The masses have spoken and today democracy won.”

The posts about Escobar and Ocasio-Cortez are “vile and sexist,” said a staffer for Escobar. “Furthermore, the comments made by Border Patrol agents towards immigrants, especially those that have lost their lives, are disgusting and show a complete disregard for human life and dignity.”

The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Joaquin Castro, reviewed the Facebook discussions and was incensed. “It confirms some of the worst criticisms of Customs and Border Protection,” said Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio. “These are clearly agents who are desensitized to the point of being dangerous to migrants and their co-workers.” He added that the agents who made the vulgar comments “don’t deserve to wear any uniform representing the United States of America.”

Vicki Gaubeca, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, said the postings are more evidence of the sexism and misogyny that has long plagued the Border Patrol. “That’s why they’re the worst at recruiting women,” said Gaubeca, whose group works to reform the agency. “They have the lowest percentage of female agents or officers of any federal law enforcement agency.”

In another thread, a group member posted a photo of father and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down in the Rio Grande. The pair drowned while trying to ford the river and cross into the U.S.; pictures of the two have circulated widely online in recent days, generating an outcry.

The member asked if the photo could have been faked because the bodies were so “clean.” (The picture was taken by an Associated Press photographer, and there is no indication that it was staged or manipulated.) “I HAVE NEVER SEEN FLOATERS LIKE THIS,” the person wrote, adding, “could this be another edited photo. We’ve all seen the dems and liberal parties do some pretty sick things…”

So, as it turns out, a sizeable portion of CBP is involved in what could be generously described as a very nasty Facebook group that seems to have a hard-on for cruelty and apathy towards the deaths of people they are supposedly responsible for... oh, and not being exactly the most impartial and cool-headed people when it comes to the politicians who are supposed to oversee them.

Man, it'd sure suck if Nancy Pelosi just gave them more money with no additional oversight or accountability.

Abu Ghraib 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[Liriena]

Alright then, my flamboyant gay ass is going to repost this one more time.

Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings.

In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.”

Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15” and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country. (10-15 is Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody.”) The group described itself, in an online introduction, as a forum for “funny” and “serious” discussion about work with the patrol. “Remember you are never alone in this family,” the introduction said.

Responsible for policing the nation’s southern and northern boundaries, the Border Patrol has come under intense scrutiny as the Trump administration takes new, more aggressive measures to halt the influx of undocumented migrants across the United States-Mexico border. The patrol’s approximately 20,000 agents serve under the broader U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, which has been faulted for allegedly mistreating children and adults in its custody. The agency’s leadership has been in turmoil, with its most recent acting chief, John Sanders, resigning last week.

ProPublica received images of several recent discussions in the 10-15 Facebook group and was able to link the participants in those online conversations to apparently legitimate Facebook profiles belonging to Border Patrol agents, including a supervisor based in El Paso, Texas, and an agent in Eagle Pass, Texas. ProPublica has so far been unable to reach the group members who made the postings.

ProPublica contacted three spokespeople for CBP in regard to the Facebook group and provided the names of three agents who appear to have participated in the online chats. CBP hasn’t yet responded.

“These comments and memes are extremely troubling,” said Daniel Martinez, a sociologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who studies the border. “They’re clearly xenophobic and sexist.”

The postings, in his view, reflect what “seems to be a pervasive culture of cruelty aimed at immigrants within CBP. This isn’t just a few rogue agents or ‘bad apples.’”

The Border Patrol Facebook group is the most recent example of some law enforcement personnel behaving badly in public and private digital spaces. An investigation by Reveal uncovered hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers who moved in extremist Facebook circles, including white supremacist and anti-government groups. A team of researchers calling themselves the Plain View Project recently released a hefty database of offensive Facebook posts made by current and ex-law enforcement officers.

And in early 2018, federal investigators found a raft of disturbing and racist text messages sent by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona after searching the phone of Matthew Bowen, an agent charged with running down a Guatemalan migrant with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The texts, which were revealed in a court filing in federal court in Tucson, described migrants as “guats,” “wild ass shitbags,” “beaners” and “subhuman.” The messages included repeated discussions about burning the migrants up.

Several of the postings reviewed by ProPublica refer to the planned visit by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, including Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Veronica Escobar, to a troubled Border Patrol facility outside of El Paso. Agents at the compound in Clint, Texas, have been accused of holding children in neglectful, inhumane conditions.

Members of the Border Patrol Facebook group were not enthused about the tour, noting that Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from Queens, had compared Border Patrol facilities to Nazi concentration camps. Escobar is a freshman Democrat representing El Paso.

One member encouraged Border Patrol agents to hurl a “burrito at these bitches.” Another, apparently a patrol supervisor, wrote, “Fuck the hoes.” “There should be no photo ops for these scum buckets,” posted a third member.

Perhaps the most disturbing posts target Ocasio-Cortez. One includes a photo illustration of her engaged in oral sex at an immigrant detention center. Text accompanying the image reads, “Lucky Illegal Immigrant Glory Hole Special Starring AOC.”

Another is a photo illustration of a smiling President Donald Trump forcing Ocasio-Cortez’s head toward his crotch. The agent who posted the image commented: “That’s right bitches. The masses have spoken and today democracy won.”

The posts about Escobar and Ocasio-Cortez are “vile and sexist,” said a staffer for Escobar. “Furthermore, the comments made by Border Patrol agents towards immigrants, especially those that have lost their lives, are disgusting and show a complete disregard for human life and dignity.”

The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Joaquin Castro, reviewed the Facebook discussions and was incensed. “It confirms some of the worst criticisms of Customs and Border Protection,” said Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio. “These are clearly agents who are desensitized to the point of being dangerous to migrants and their co-workers.” He added that the agents who made the vulgar comments “don’t deserve to wear any uniform representing the United States of America.”

Vicki Gaubeca, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, said the postings are more evidence of the sexism and misogyny that has long plagued the Border Patrol. “That’s why they’re the worst at recruiting women,” said Gaubeca, whose group works to reform the agency. “They have the lowest percentage of female agents or officers of any federal law enforcement agency.”

In another thread, a group member posted a photo of father and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down in the Rio Grande. The pair drowned while trying to ford the river and cross into the U.S.; pictures of the two have circulated widely online in recent days, generating an outcry.

The member asked if the photo could have been faked because the bodies were so “clean.” (The picture was taken by an Associated Press photographer, and there is no indication that it was staged or manipulated.) “I HAVE NEVER SEEN FLOATERS LIKE THIS,” the person wrote, adding, “could this be another edited photo. We’ve all seen the dems and liberal parties do some pretty sick things…”

So, as it turns out, a sizeable portion of CBP is involved in what could be generously described as a very nasty Facebook group that seems to have a hard-on for cruelty and apathy towards the deaths of people they are supposedly responsible for... oh, and not being exactly the most impartial and cool-headed people when it comes to the politicians who are supposed to oversee them.

Man, it'd sure suck if Nancy Pelosi just gave them more money with no additional oversight or accountability.

Can't say I'm surprised that, as usual, the attitude towards AOC among chuds seems to be an embarrassingly intense state of constant horniness.

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Cops have twisted sense of humor, I'm shocked.