Almost a year ago, the U.S. Border Patrol was bleeding personnel. In the four years of the Biden presidency, the law enforcement agency lost nearly a quarter of its ranks. U.S. Customs and Border Protection staffing data showed just over 4,200 agents had left the federal agency between October 2020 and April 2024. Many opted to retire, while others quit. Then there was the tragedy on Biden’s watch of agents who committed suicide because of the horrors they had to witness under the rampant invasion of the Southern border, coupled with their inability to actually do their job of deterrence and enforcement of the law.
What a difference a new administration and a renewed mandate make. In a March House Homeland Security Committee oversight hearing, President of U.S. Border Patrol Union Local 2366 Jon Anfinsen spoke about the positive shift in morale among the…
