Charging documents say the border patrol agent in upstate New York lied to four women that exposing themselves was part of protocol.
Suzanna Cordeiro/AFP via Getty ImagesAuthorities in upstate New York arrested a border patrol agent for allegedly forcing multiple women to expose their chests during virtual processing to enter the U.S.
Shane Millan, 53, was arraigned Thursday in Syracuse on charges that he violated women's constitutional right to to be free from unreasonable searches. He faces four counts of a misdemeanor, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of New York.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York said that on three separate occasions, Millan ordered women seeking admission into the U.S.
"Millan’s demands to see the victims’ breasts were for his own gratification," the U.S. attorney's office said in aThe border patrol agent committed the offenses in Jefferson County, near the Canadian border, and"elsewhere," according to the charging documents. Millan's attorney and U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but in a statement to“When we discover any alleged or potential misconduct, we immediately refer it for investigation and cooperate fully with any criminal or administrative investigations,” CBP said.
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