Perspective: There were 15 suicides among Custom and Border Protection employees in 2022, the most since at least 2007.
employees in 2022, the most since at least 2007, when the agency began tracking the deaths. That’s almost twice the number in 2020 and three times as many in 2014.
Federal employees already have mental health coverage through their workplace health insurance program, but “because of the stress of the work,” Thompson said “many of the agents at the ports of entry need an enhanced program.” Sen. Gary Peters , chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is leading a companion bill in his chamber.
NTEU President Tony Reardon praised Congress for providing $23 million in the fiscal year for 2023 to address “the mental health crisis among the CBP workforce,” including through a peer-to-peer support program. “Our research has shown that one of the main reasons CBP employees don’t seek help is the fear that they will have to surrender their badge,” he said by email.
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