'The bottom line is the Agency may bring discipline against an employee who posts offensive messages on a social media page where there is nexus to the Agency workplace,' an official wrote.
CBP internal affairs director Matthew Klein said Homeland Security, which oversees border security, had already launched an investigation into the matter.
U.S. Border Patrol agents watch over immigrants after taking them into custody on July 02, 2019 in Los Ebanos, Texas. Hundreds of immigrants, most from Central America, turned themselves in to border agents after rafting across the Rio Grande from Mexico to seek political asylum in the United States.CBP released the 2018 memo Friday, suggesting officials then acknowledged its employees violated codes of conduct.
Democrats have openly criticized border patrol for both the detention centers where they hold migrants and the treatment of detainees by the federal agents and contractors.
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